Intrasellar ultrasound in transsphenoidal surgery: A novel technique

Neurosurgery

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 173-185

  Solheim, Ole ^a   Selbekk, Tormod ^b   Løvstakken, Lasse ^a   Tangen, Geir A ^b   Solberg, Ole V ^b   Johansen, Tonni F ^a   Cappelen, Johan ^b   Unsgård, Geirmund ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Pituitary tumor; Surgery; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; B SCAN; BLOOD CLOT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; POWER DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID SINUS;

EID: 77249147377     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000360571.11582.4F     Document Type: Article

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