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Vascular Complications of Transsphenoidal Surgery

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Vascular complication of transsphenoidal can lead to mortality and serious morbidity. In a series of 3,061 transsphenoidal operations for pituitary disease, 24 such complications were encountered, seven of which were fatal. The anatomic substrate for such complications is discussed, along with technical aspects of surgery and other methods for the avoidance of vascular complications.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA

    Edward R. Laws Jr. (Professor of Neurosurgery and Professor of Medicine)

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Laws, E.R. Vascular Complications of Transsphenoidal Surgery. Pituitary 2, 163–170 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009951917649

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