Transsphenoidal approaches for the extracapsular resection of midline suprasellar and anterior cranial base lesions

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Kaptain, George J ^a,c   Vincent, David A ^b   Sheehan, Jason P ^b   Laws Jr , Edward R ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngioma; Meningioma; Operative approach; Pituitary gland; Sella turcica; Transsphenoidal microsurgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; ENDOSCOPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MICROSURGERY; NEUROIMAGING; NEURONAVIGATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SELLA TURCICA; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; VISION; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

EID: 57049122851     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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