title: Obliteration of the primary empty sella by transsphenoidal extradural balloon inflation: technical note.
abstract: Extradural inflation of a balloon with silicone via the transsphenoidal approach is an easy, safe, and effective technique for plugging the empty cavity of the sella and raising the entire sellar contents. It relieves headaches and visual symptoms secondary to the primary empty sella syndrome.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004652:Empty Sella Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy