Olfactory outcomes following endoscopic pituitary surgery with or without septal flap reconstruction: A randomized controlled trial

International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-65

  Tam, Samantha ^a   Duggal, Neil ^a   Rotenberg, Brian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endoscopic pituitary surgery; Olfaction; Randomized controlled trial; Septal flap; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC PITUITARY SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEPTAL FLAP RECONSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SMELL IDENTIFICATION TEST;

EID: 84872310322     PISSN: 20426976     EISSN: 20426984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/alr.21069     Document Type: Article

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