title: Rerum magistra experientia est: the evolution of modern endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery and reconstruction techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences & Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Division of Neurosurgery, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy. Electronic address: paolo.cappabianca@unina.it.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cappabianca
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences & Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Division of Neurosurgery, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Somma
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Laboratory of Surgical Neuroanatomy (LSNA), Faculty of Medicine Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Notaris
mesh_terms: D065634:Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak; D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000601:surgery*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords: Craniopharyngioma; Endonasal transsphenoidal approach; Meningioma; Planum sphenoidale; Rathke cleft cyst; Skull base; Tuberculum sellae