Transcranial-transdural real-time ultrasonography during transsphenoidal resection of a large pituitary tumor. Case report.
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Abstract
Ultrasonography has been used in neurosurgical operative procedures for several decades. The authors report the case of a large pituitary tumor that was subtotally resected using endoscopy via the transnasal-transsphenoidal approach, with the aid of transcranial real-time ultrasound. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case in which intraoperative transcranial-transdural real-time ultrasound was used to facilitate the resection of a skull base tumor.
Medical subject headings
- Adenoma
- Echoencephalography
- Endoscopy
- Monitoring, Intraoperative
- Pituitary Neoplasms