Training in endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery using a skull model and eggs

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 152, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1801-1804

  Okuda, Takeshi ^a   Kataoka, Kazuo ^b   Kato, Amami ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KINDAI UNIVERSITY NARA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eggs; Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery; Skull model; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EGG; ENDOSCOPIC ENDONASAL TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA; SIMULATION; SKULL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

EGGS; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NASAL CAVITY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND; SKULL; SPHENOID BONE; TEACHING;

EID: 78149407354     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-010-0728-0     Document Type: Article

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