Overview of vascular complications of pituitary surgery with special emphasis on unexpected abnormality

Pituitary

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-167

  Berker, Mustafa ^a   Aghayev, Kamran ^a   Saatci, Isil ^a   Palaoğlu, Selçuk ^a   Önerci, Metin ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carotid artery rupture; Cavernous aneurysm; Pituitary adenoma; Vascular complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; CAROTID CAVERNOUS FISTULA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GALACTORRHEA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; VASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; NEUROSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955899745     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-009-0198-7     Document Type: Review

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