Bilateral Thalamic Infarction Following Transsphenoidal Surgery
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Bilateral thalamic infarction following transsphenoidal surgery.
The transsphenoidal approach is widely employed for access to surgical lesions of the sella. Following the introduction of the operating microscope to the procedure by Hardy,1 it has become a safe and well-established operation, as demonstrated by the low morbidity and mortality in several large case series over the past four decades.2-6 Nevertheless, rare but serious complications, most notabl...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0317-1671,2057-0155
DOI: 10.1017/s0317167100009264