Intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging-assisted transsphenoidal pituitary surgery in patients with acromegaly

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Bellut, David ^a   Hlavica, Martin ^a   Schmid, Christoph ^a   Bernays, René L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging; Pituitary adenoma; PoleStar N20 imager; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049440670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.7.FOCUS10164     Document Type: Article

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