Airway management and perioperative concerns in acromegaly patients undergoing endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary tumors

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 840-844

  Friedel, Mark E ^a   Johnston, Doug R ^a   Singhal, Saurabh ^b   Khalili, Kenan Al ^b   Farrell, Christopher J ^b   Evans, James J ^b   Nyquist, Gurston G ^a   Rosen, Marc R ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acromegaly; airway management; endoscopic sinus surgery; endoscopic skull base surgery; pituitary; pituitary adenoma; skull base; transsphenoidal

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATION CONTROL; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

EID: 84888328391     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599813507236     Document Type: Article

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