The neurosurgical anatomy of the sphenoid sinus and sellar floor in endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1319-1330

  Zada, Gabriel ^a   Agarwalla, Pankaj K ^b   Mukundan Jr , Srinivasan ^c   Dunn, Ian ^c   Golby, Alexandra J ^c   Laws Jr , Edward R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clivus; Pituitary gland; Sella turcica; Sphenoid sinus; Transsphenoidal approach; Tuberculum sellae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; CLIVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRILL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SELLA TURCICA; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SPHENOID; SPHENOID SINUS; SUPERIOR SPHENOID ROSTRUM; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; VOMER;

ADULT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONAVIGATION; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; REFERENCE VALUES; SELLA TURCICA; SKULL BASE; SPHENOID SINUS;

EID: 79955665206     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.11.JNS10768     Document Type: Article

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