Endoscopic endonasal surgery for extrasellar tumors: Case presentation and its future perspective

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-246

  Saeki, Naokatsu ^a   Murai, Hisayuki ^a   Hasegawa, Yuzo ^a   Horiguchi, Kentaro ^a   Hanazawa, Toyoyuki ^a   Fukuda, Kazumasa ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Chiba Chuo Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endscope; Pituitary tumor; Skull base surgery; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ETHMOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LIQUORRHEA; MENINGIOMA; MICROSCOPY; NOSE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT CANCER; SKULL BASE; SPHENOID SINUS; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTURE; SKULL BASE;

EID: 62549119643     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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