American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 48-50 , January 2008

Endonasal transsphenoidal pituitary surgery: is tumor volume a key factor in determining outcome?

  • Amit Kumar Jain, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology & Head & Neck surgery, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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  • Ashok Kumar Gupta, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology & Head & Neck surgery, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of ENT, 5th Floor, ‘B’ block, PGIMER, Sector 12, Chandigarh, India. Tel.: +91 9814198850.
    • ,
  • Ashis Pathak, MS, MCh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
    • ,
  • Anil Bhansali, MD, DM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
    • ,
  • J. Rajiv Bapuraj, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

Received 30 August 2006

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doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2007.01.006

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 48-50 , January 2008

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