The implications of microsurgical anatomy for surgical approaches to the sellar region

Pituitary

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 360-367

  Isolan, Gustavo Rassier ^a,b   de Aguiar, Paulo Henrique Pires ^c   Laws, Edward R ^d   Strapasson, Atahualpa Cauê Paim ^b   Piltcher, Otávio ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Pituitary; Surgical approaches; Tumor

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; NOSE CAVITY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SPHENOID SINUS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CAROTID ARTERIES; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; NASAL CAVITY; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID SINUS;

EID: 70350302306     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-009-0167-1     Document Type: Review

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