A technical note on endonasal combined microscopic endoscopic with free head navigation technique of removal of pituitary adenomas

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 243-249

  Al Mefty, Ossama ^a   Pravdenkova, Svetlana ^a   Gragnaniello, Cristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Endonasal endoscopy; Microsurgery; Minimal invasive surgery; Neuronavigation; Pituitary adenoma; Sellar tumors; Surgical technique; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MICROSURGERY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

EID: 77949654985     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-010-0241-1     Document Type: Article

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