Diastasis of the maxillary bone: an unusual complication of transsphenoidal surgery.
Diastasis of the intermaxillary suture is an unusual complication of the transsphenoidal approach to the sella turcica. Over the 1977-1989 twelve-year-period, 192 procedures were performed at our Center. This complication occurred only once, in a senile patient with marked osteoporosis. It did not alter the course of the operation, nor did it create additional problems during the postoperative period.
Polaina
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Departemento de Neurocirugia de la Seguridad Social, Hospital General Virgen del Rocio, Sevilla, Spain.
Trujillo
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Garcia Luna
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Ponce de León
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D000236:Adenoma / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000293:injuries*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013100:Sphenoid Bone