Recent advances in pituitary tumor management

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 278-288

  Winder, Mark J ^a,b   Mayberg, Marc R ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CyberKnife; endoscopy; GammaKnife; navigation; pituitary; surgery

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN;

ABDUCENS NERVE INJURY; ACTH SECRETING ADENOMA; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; CUSHING DISEASE; CYBERKNIFE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOPITUITARISM; LIQUORRHEA; NEUROIMAGING; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROLACTINOMA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

HUMANS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 79960799746     PISSN: 1752296X     EISSN: 17522978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MED.0b013e32834871f6     Document Type: Review

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