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The method of pituitary ablation which we use is that of transphenoidal yttrium-screw implantation (Fig. 1) (Forrest, Blair, and Valentine, 1958). This modification of our original technique by which the yttrium rod is incorporated in a stainless steel screw unit was introduced to enable us to fix the radioactive source in an optimum position in the pituitary fossa (Forrest and Peebles Brown 1955, Forrest et al. 1956, Forrest et al. 1959).
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Forrest, A.P.M., Roberts, M.M., Stewart, H.J. (1974). Pituitary Ablation by Yttrium-90. In: Gillingham, F.J., Hitchcock, E.R., Turner, J.W. (eds) Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. Acta Neurochirurgica, vol 21. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8355-7_18
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