Diaphragma sellae: A surgical reference for transsphenoidal resection of pituitary macroadenomas

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 286-293

  Guinto Balanzar, Gerardo ^a,c   Abdo, Miguel ^a   Mercado, Moises ^a   Guinto, Patricia ^b   Nishimura, Elisa ^b   Arechiga, Norma ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO NEUROLÓGICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Diabetes insipidus; Diaphragma sellae; Pituitary macroadenoma; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAPHRAGM; DIAPHRAGM DISEASE; FEMALE; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PITUITARY STALK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SELLA TURCICA; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 79953863421     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2010.08.002     Document Type: Review

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