Asystole due to trigemino-cardiac reflex: A rare complication of trans-sphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenoma

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 338-340

  Seker, Askin ^a   Toktas, Zafer Orkun ^b   Peker, Selcuk ^a   Batirel, Halit Abbas ^a   Necmettin Pamir, M ^a,b  

^a Acibadem Oncology and Neurological Science Hospital   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Intra operative MRI; Pituitary adenoma; Trans sphenoidal; Trigemino cardiac reflex (TCR)

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; REFLEX; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; REFLEX; SPHENOID SINUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 58149189878     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.11.017     Document Type: Article

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