Oronasal complications in patients after transsphenoidal hypophyseal surgery
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Oronasal complications in patients after transsphenoidal hypophyseal surgery.
UNLABELLED Transsphenoidal surgery is the most commonly used surgical procedure to handle the hypophyseal region, sometimes associated with oronasal complications. MATERIAL AND METHODS/AIM To evaluate prospectively (specific questionnaire, clinical evaluation) undiagnosed chronic oronasal complications in patients submitted to conventional transsphenoidal adenomectomy surgery, operated at dif...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1808-8694
DOI: 10.1016/s1808-8694(15)30649-2