Hemi-transseptal versus Combined Transseptal/Transnasal Approach to the Sellar Region: Differences in Incidence of Postoperative CSF Leak Rate

João Mangussi-Gomes; Leonardo L. Balsalobre; Marcos Q. T. Gomes; Eduardo A. S. Vellutini; Aldo C. Stamm

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1620247

Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base, Table of Contents

J Neurol Surg B Skull Base 2019; 80(03): 330-331
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1620247

Letter to the Editor

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Hemi-transseptal versus Combined Transseptal/Transnasal Approach to the Sellar Region: Differences in Incidence of Postoperative CSF Leak Rate

João Mangussi-Gomes

¹São Paulo Skull Base Center, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

²ENT Center, Complexo Hospitalar Edmundo Vasconcelos (CHEV), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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Leonardo L. Balsalobre

¹São Paulo Skull Base Center, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

²ENT Center, Complexo Hospitalar Edmundo Vasconcelos (CHEV), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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Marcos Q. T. Gomes

¹São Paulo Skull Base Center, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

³DFV Neuro, Neurology & Neurosurgery Group, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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Eduardo A. S. Vellutini

¹São Paulo Skull Base Center, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

³DFV Neuro, Neurology & Neurosurgery Group, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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Aldo C. Stamm

¹São Paulo Skull Base Center, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

²ENT Center, Complexo Hospitalar Edmundo Vasconcelos (CHEV), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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