Simultaneous above and below approach to giant pituitary adenomas: Surgical strategies and long-term follow-up

Pituitary

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-225

  D'Ambrosio, Anthony L ^a   Syed, Omar N ^a   Grobelny, Bartosz T ^a   Freda, Pamela U ^a   Wardlaw, Sharon ^a   Bruce, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Approach; Pituitary; Transsphenoidal; Treatment; Tumor

Indexed keywords

DURAGEN; FLOSEAL; GELFOAM; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; MICROCRYSTALLINE COLLAGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENDONASAL TRANSSPHENOIDAL APROACH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT PITUITARY ADENOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPITUITARISM; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEIZURE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; TRANSCRANIAL SURGERY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INAPPROPRIATE ADH SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67849104632     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-009-0171-5     Document Type: Article

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