Successful treatment for giant pituitary adenomas through diverse transcranial approaches in a series of 15 consecutive patients

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 885-890

  Guo, Fuyou ^a   Song, Laijun ^a   Bai, Jie ^a   Zhao, Peichao ^a   Sun, Hongwei ^a   Liu, Xianzhi ^a   Yang, Bo ^a   Wang, Shukai ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Giant pituitary adenoma; Surgical outcomes; Transcranial approach

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GIANT PITUITARY ADENOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MICROSURGERY; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGEON; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY HORMONES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864286493     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.01.033     Document Type: Article

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