Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery in elderly patients with pituitary adenomas

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 31-38

  Gondim, Jackson A ^a   Almeida, João Paulo ^b   De Albuquerque, Lucas Alverne F ^a   Gomes, Erika ^c   Schops, Michele ^d   Mota, Jose Italo ^e  

^a Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c School of Medical Sciences   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^e General Hospital of Fortaleza   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Elderly; Endoscopy; Pituitary adenomas; Pituitary surgery; Transsphenoidal

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FIBRIN GLUE; FOLLITROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ENDOSCOPIC ENDONASAL SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC ENDONASAL TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HEADACHE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR VOLUME; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ADENOMA; ADULT; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; SPHENOID SINUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPHENOID SINUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84941746864     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.10.JNS14372     Document Type: Article

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