"Sphenoid Bone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An irregular unpaired bone situated at the SKULL BASE and wedged between the frontal, temporal, and occipital bones (FRONTAL BONE; TEMPORAL BONE; OCCIPITAL BONE). Sphenoid bone consists of a median body and three pairs of processes resembling a bat with spread wings. The body is hollowed out in its inferior to form two large cavities (SPHENOID SINUS).
| Descriptor ID |
D013100
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.781.802
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| Concept/Terms |
Sphenoid Bone- Sphenoid Bone
- Bone, Sphenoid
- Bones, Sphenoid
- Sphenoid Bones
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sphenoid Bone" by people in Profiles.
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Sternberg's Canal and Defect: Is the Lateral Craniopharyngeal Canal a Source of Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak? Anatomic and Radiological Analysis in Pediatric and Adult Populations. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2021 03 15; 20(4):426-432.
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Readmission and Other Adverse Events after Transsphenoidal Surgery: Prevalence, Timing, and Predictive Factors. J Am Coll Surg. 2017 May; 224(5):971-979.
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Invasive Aspergillosis Mimicking Sphenoid Wing Meningioma. J Neuroophthalmol. 2017 03; 37(1):105-106.
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Delayed Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea After Gamma Knife Radiosurgery with or without Preceding Transsphenoidal Resection for Pituitary Pathology. World Neurosurg. 2017 Apr; 100:201-207.
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Medial sphenoid wing meningiomas: Experience with microsurgical resection over 5 years and a review of literature. Neurol India. 2016 May-Jun; 64(3):465-75.
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The utility of high-resolution intraoperative MRI in endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary macroadenomas: early experience in the Advanced Multimodality Image Guided Operating suite. Neurosurg Focus. 2016 Mar; 40(3):E18.
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The Expanding Spectrum of Disease Treated by the Transnasal, Transsphenoidal Microscopic and Endoscopic Anterior Skull Base Approach: A Single-Center Experience 2008-2015. World Neurosurg. 2015 Oct; 84(4):899-905.
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Incidence, risk factors and management of severe post-transsphenoidal epistaxis. J Clin Neurosci. 2015 Jan; 22(1):116-22.
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Meningiomas involving the optic canal: pattern of involvement and implications for surgical technique. Neurosurg Focus. 2011 May; 30(5):E12.
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Endonasal transsphenoidal removal of tuberculum sellae meningiomas: technical note. Neurosurgery. 2004 Jul; 55(1):239-44; discussion 244-6.