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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-4-26
pubmed:abstractText
The technique of the transethmoidal-transsphenoidal approach to the pituitary gland is described stepwise. The importance of a thorough preoperative radiological work-up and a preoperative X-ray image-intensifying control is outlined. The greatest disadvantages of the transethmoidal route are the extra-axial approach and the external scar. The greatest advantages are the shorter route than in the transseptal approach, the absence of endonasal complications and the minimal postoperative discomfort. In the own patient material consisting of 26 patients where a pituitary adenoma was removed, we noted no mortality, no meningitis and no endonasal complications. There were two cases of postoperative C.S.F. leak and one case of amaurosis and ophthalmoplegia of the heterolateral eye.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-6497
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
883-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-1-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
The transethmoidal-transsphenoidal route to the pituitary gland. Technique, advantages, limitations and possible complications.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article