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The transethmoidal approach to pituitary adenomas a technical note

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The disadvantages, the technical procedure, and the advantages of the transethmoidal approach to the pituitary gland are described.

In our opinion this route has been unjustly neglected by the neurosurgeons.

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  1. L. Calliauw

    Present address: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Ghent, Belgium

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, University of Ghent, Belgium

    P. van Cauwenberge

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Calliauw, L., van Cauwenberge, P. The transethmoidal approach to pituitary adenomas a technical note. Acta neurochir 61, 161–166 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01740080

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