title: Intraoperative computed tomographic scanning during transsphenoidal surgery: technical note.
abstract: Intraoperative computed tomographic scanning during transsphenoidal surgery on pituitary lesions is performed and evaluated. A computed tomographic scanner system exclusively developed for the operating room is used for this purpose during transsphenoidal surgery. Ten consecutive patients with pituitary lesions underwent operations by this method, which used a combination of an ordinary fluoroscopy unit and the computed tomographic scanner.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okudera
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takemae
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002817:Chordoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013523:Surgical Equipment; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation*