Intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging and early prognosis for vision after transsphenoidal surgery for sellar lesions: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 518-527

  Berkmann, Sven ^a   Fandino, Javier ^a   Zosso, Sascha ^a   Killer, Hanspeter E ^a   Remonda, Luca ^a   Landolt, Hans ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chiasmal syndrome; Intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging; Pituitary adenoma; Pituitary surgery; Sellar tumor; Visual deficits

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVENTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE DECOMPRESSION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; SELLA TURCICA; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL FIELD TESTS;

EID: 80052343463     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.4.JNS101568     Document Type: Article

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