Surgical results of large and giant pituitary adenomas with special consideration of ophthalmologic outcomes

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 141-148

  Müslüman, Ahmet Murat ^a   Cansever, Tufan ^b   Yilmaz, Adem ^a   Kanat, Ayhan ^c   Oba, Ersin ^a   Çavuşoǧlu, Halit ^a   Şirinoǧlu, Deniz ^a   Aydn, Yunus ^a  

^a Sisli Research and Education Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adenomas; Giant; Large; Ophthalmologic; Outcomes; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; DISEASE DURATION; EXCISION; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY HORMONES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPHENOID BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051726631     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2011.02.009     Document Type: Review

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