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Stereotaxic Thermal Pituitary Ablation

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Part of the book series: Acta Neurochirurgica ((STEREOTACTIC,volume 21))

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During the past seven years we have carried out stereotaxic radio-frequency thermal hypophysectomy in 312 patients. Table 1 lists the various diseases that were treated by this method.

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  1. Talairach, J. (1955), Appareil de stereotaxie hypophysaire pour voie d’abord nasale. Neurochir. 1, 127–131.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Beth Israel Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass, USA

    N. T. Zervas M.D. & H. Hamlin

  2. 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA, 02215, USA

    N. T. Zervas M.D.

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  1. Western General Hospital and Royal Infirmary, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    F. John Gillingham (Professor of Surgical Neurology) & E. R. Hitchcock (Senior Lecturer in Surgical Neurology) (Professor of Surgical Neurology) &  (Senior Lecturer in Surgical Neurology)

  2. Institute of Neurological Sciences, Glasgow, UK

    J. W. Turner (Consultant Neurosurgeon) (Consultant Neurosurgeon)

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Zervas, N.T., Hamlin, H. (1974). Stereotaxic Thermal Pituitary Ablation. 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_22

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