Chronic nasal complication following endoscopic and microscopic direct transnasal transsphenoidal pituitary adenoma surgery

Abstract Aim and background Intranasal transsphenoidal access to the sella turcica for removing pituitary gland tumors has been known since the beginning of the last century. It can be done either endoscopic or microscopic. Postoperative nasal complications may happen. The purpose of this study was...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hisham Lasheen, Omar Youssef
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-02-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.4103/1012-5574.199412