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Going beyond scoring systems for cavernous sinus involvement in trans-sphenoidal pituitary surgery

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Largo Agostino Gemelli 8, 00168, Rome, Italy

    Pier Paolo Mattogno, Quintino Giorgio D’Alessandris, Flavia Fraschetti & Liverana Lauretti

  2. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

    Flavia Fraschetti & Liverana Lauretti

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Mattogno, P.P., D’Alessandris, Q.G., Fraschetti, F. et al. Going beyond scoring systems for cavernous sinus involvement in trans-sphenoidal pituitary surgery. Acta Neurochir 161, 1033–1034 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-019-03890-9

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