Transsphenoidal surgery in patients with acromegaly: Operative strategies for overcoming technically challenging anatomical variations

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Zada, Gabriel ^a   Cavallo, Luigi M ^b   Esposito, Felice ^b   Fernandez Jimenez, Julio Cesar ^c   Tasiou, Anastasia ^d   De Angelis, Micelangelo ^b   Cafiero, Tullio ^e   Cappabianca, Paolo ^b   Laws Jr , Edward R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^e CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Endoscopy; Growth hormone; Pituitary adenoma; Sella turcica; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SECRETION; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID SINUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID SINUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78049417730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.8.FOCUS10156     Document Type: Article

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