Endoscopic endonasal resection of Rathke cleft cysts: Clinical outcomes and surgical nuances - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1333-1339

  Madhok, Ricky ^a   Prevedello, Daniel M ^a,b   Gardner, Paul ^a   Carrau, Ricardo L ^a   Snyderman, Carl H ^a   Kassam, Amin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cyst; Endonasal endoscopic approach; Headache; Pituitary dysfunction; Rathke cleft cyst

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC ENDONASAL APPROACH; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CHILD; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID SINUS; SURGICAL FLAPS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953503914     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.10.JNS09348     Document Type: Article

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