title: [Transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary tumors: historical review and present trends].
mesh_terms: D000172:Acromegaly / Q000601:surgery; D000236:Adenoma / Q000601:surgery; D000818:Animals; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007016:Hypophysectomy / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D009666:Nose / Q000601:surgery; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps