Endonasal endoscopic pituitary surgery: Is it a matter of fashion?

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 152, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1281-1282

  Fernandez Miranda, Juan C ^a   Prevedello, Daniel M ^a,b   Gardner, Paul ^a   Carrau, Ricardo ^a   Snyderman, Carl H ^a   Kassam, Amin B ^a  

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

^b PUH B400 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTH SECRETING ADENOMA; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; CANCER SURGERY; CHORDOMA; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS SURGERY; LETTER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SELLA TURCICA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; NASAL CAVITY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77956191122     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-009-0487-y     Document Type: Letter

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