The current role of transcranial surgery in the management of pituitary adenomas

Pituitary

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 419-434

  Pratheesh, Ravindran ^a   Rajaratnam, Simon ^a   Prabhu, Krishna ^a   Mani, Sunithi E ^a   Chacko, Geeta ^a   Chacko, Ari G ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Pituitary adenoma; Transcranial; Transsphenoidal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GONADOTROPH ADENOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888204927     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: 15737403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-012-0439-z     Document Type: Article

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