Extracapsular dissection technique with the Cotton Swab for pituitary adenomas through an endoscopic endonasal approach - How i do it

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 155, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1629-1632

  Prevedello, Daniel M ^a   Ebner, Florian H ^a,b   De Lara, Danielle ^a   Filho, Leo Ditzel ^a   Otto, Brad A ^a   Carrau, Ricardo L ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cotton swab; Endoscopy; Extracapsular dissection; Pituitary adenoma

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ACROMEGALY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COTTON SWAB; CUSHING DISEASE; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC ENDONASAL SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EXTRACAPSULAR DISSECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; INFECTION RISK; INFORMED CONSENT; LIQUORRHEA; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTINOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; DURA MATER; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; NOSE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SPHENOID BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84882841377     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-013-1766-1     Document Type: Article

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