Endoscopic transsphenoidal approach to pituitary adenomas invading the cavernous sinus

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 3519-3523

  Tao, Yu Xin ^a   QU, Qiu Yi ^a   Wang, Zhen Lin ^a   Zhang, Qiu Hang ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus; Endoscopy; Invasion; Pituitary adenoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIPLOPIA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; CAVERNOUS SINUS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SPHENOID BONE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 78650591221     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2010.24.003     Document Type: Article

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