Transsphenoidal pituitary surgery in the elderly is safe and effective

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 616-621

  Pereira, Erlick A C ^a   Plaha, Puneet ^a   Chari, Aswin ^a   Paranathala, Menaka ^a   Haslam, Nicholas ^a   Rogers, Angela ^b   Korevaar, Tim ^b   Tran, Diane ^a   Olarinde, Remi ^b   Karavitaki, Niki ^b   Grossman, Ashley B ^b   Cudlip, Simon A ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Elderly; Endoscopic; Outcomes; Pituitary; Transsphenoidal adenohypophysectomy; Tumour

Indexed keywords

HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE;

ADENOMA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METABOLISM; NEUROSURGERY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADENOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY HORMONES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84906891316     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2013.872225     Document Type: Article

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