Comparison of endoscopic and microscopic trans-sphenoidal pituitary surgery: Early results in a single centre

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-43

  Razak, Adam A ^a   Horridge, Michelle ^a   Connolly, Daniel J ^b   Warren, Daniel J ^b   Mirza, Showkat ^b   Muraleedharan, Vakkat ^c   Sinha, Saurabh ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Neuroradiology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Macroadenoma; Pituitary; Pituitary surgery; Trans sphenoidal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPIC TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; TUMOR VOLUME; VISION;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPHENOID BONE; TUMOR BURDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872745031     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2012.703353     Document Type: Article

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