Midline filum of the sellar dura: A useful landmark during endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary surgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  Zada, Gabriel ^a   Kim, Albert H ^a   Governale, Lance S ^a   Laws, Edward R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Dura mater; Endoscopy; Pituitary gland; Sella turcica; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

DISSECTION; DURA MATER; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MICROSURGERY; NASAL CAVITY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID BONE;

EID: 78650628284     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3181f74269     Document Type: Article

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