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- Title
A technical note on endonasal combined microscopic endoscopic with free head navigation technique of removal of pituitary adenomas.
- Authors
Al-Mefty, Ossama; Pravdenkova, Svetlana; Gragnaniello, Cristian
- Abstract
Pituitary surgery exemplifies the continuous refinement of surgical techniques. The transsphenoidal approach is the approach of choice to treat most pituitary adenomas. We report here, as a technical note, an operative nuance that represents an encompassment of various technical steps that we utilize in our current surgery, including the corroboration of navigation system on a free head with combined use of endoscope and microscope techniques.
- Subjects
OPERATIVE surgery; PITUITARY surgery; ADENOMA; TUMORS; ENDOSCOPIC surgery
- Publication
Neurosurgical Review, 2010, Vol 33, Issue 2, p243
- ISSN
0344-5607
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10143-010-0241-1