Retrospective analysis of a concurrent series of microscopic versus endoscopic transsphenoidal surgeries for Knosp Grades 0-2 nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenomas at a single institution

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 511-517

  Dallapiazza, Robert ^a   Bond, Aaron E ^a   Grober, Yuval ^a   Louis, Robert G ^a   Payne, Spencer C ^a   Oldfield, Edward H ^a   Jane Jr , John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic; Microscopic; Nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenoma; Pituitary surgery; Transsphenoidal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ENDOSCOPIC; GTR = GROSS-TOTAL RESECTION; MICROSCOPIC; NONFUNCTIONING PITUITARY MACROADENOMA; PITUITARY SURGERY; SIADH = SYNDROME OF INAPPROPRIATE ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE SECRETION; TRANSSPHENOIDAL;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84907353065     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.6.JNS131321     Document Type: Article

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