The efficacy of bilateral sphenopalatine ganglion block under general anesthesia in trans-sphenoidal endoscopic hypophysectomy
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Endoscopic, endonasal, trans-sphenoidal hypophysectomy: retrospective analysis of 171 procedures.
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عنوان ژورنال: Al-Azhar International Medical Journal
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2682-339X
DOI: 10.21608/aimj.2020.69262