Post operative pituitary apoplexy: Preoperative considerations toward preventing nightmare

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-63

  Kurwale, Nilesh S ^a   Ahmad, Faizuddin ^a   Suri, Ashish ^a   Kale, Shashank Sharad ^a   Sharma, Bhawani S ^a   Mahapatra, Ashok Kumar ^a   Suri, Vaishali ^a   Sharma, Meher C ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Giant pituitary adenoma; Pituitary apoplexy; Pituitary macroadenoma; Pituitary surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY APOPLEXY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856615121     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2011.591947     Document Type: Review

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