Extended transsphenoidal approach for pituitary adenomas invading the anterior cranial base, cavernous sinus, and clivus: A single-center experience with 126 consecutive cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 108-117

  Zhao, Bing ^a   Wei, Yu Kui ^b   Li, Gui Lin ^a   Li, Yong Ning ^a   Yao, Yong ^a   Kang, Jun ^c   Ma, Wen Bin ^a   Yang, Yi ^a   Wang, Ren Zhi ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus; Clivus; Cranial base; Extended transsphenoidal approach; Pituitary adenoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CANCER INVASION; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CHILD; CLIVUS; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPITUITARISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE SEPTUM PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL BASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CHILD; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SPHENOID BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749127891     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.3.JNS0929     Document Type: Article

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