Endoscopic versus microscopic approach for surgical treatment of acromegaly

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 541-549

  Fathalla, Hussein ^a,c   Cusimano, Michael D ^a,b   Di Ieva, Antonio ^a   Lee, John ^a   Alsharif, Omar ^a   Goguen, Jeannette ^a   Zhang, Stanley ^a   Smyth, Harley ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

2010 consensus for acromegaly; Acromegaly; Endoscopic transsphenoid; Microscopic transsphenoid

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUSITIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREND STUDY; VOLUMETRY; ADENOMA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS, NEUROGENIC; ENDOSCOPY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPHENOID SINUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; DIABETES INSIPIDUS, NEUROGENIC; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPHENOID SINUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84931564244     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: 14372320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-015-0613-7     Document Type: Article

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