A technical note on endonasal combined microscopic endoscopic with free head navigation technique of removal of pituitary adenomas.
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.
Al-Mefty
Ossama
O
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham, #507, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA. keelandamye@uams.edu
Pravdenkova
Svetlana
S
Gragnaniello
Cristian
C
D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002102:Cadaver; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008853:Microscopy; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000601:surgery*; D044583:Neuroendoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D038361:Neuronavigation / Q000295:instrumentation; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000601:surgery