Intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging during surgery for pituitary adenomas: Pros and cons

Endocrine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 483-495

  Buchfelder, Michael ^a   Schlaffer, Sven Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Intraoperative imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuronavigation; Pituitary adenomas

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NEURONAVIGATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84878262389     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-012-9752-6     Document Type: Review

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