title: Visual Outcomes after Endoscopic Endonasal Approach for Craniopharyngioma: The Pittsburgh Experience.
abstract: This series of patients has been published in the neurosurgical literature earlier this year, detailing multiple aspects of both the surgical technique and postoperative outcomes. Our aim in this series is not to revisit all the aspects of this publication, but rather to analyze more specifically the benefits of this procedure as it pertains to the preservation of neurological structures of vision-specifically the optic chiasm-and provide a more detailed analysis of visual outcomes in these patients.
authors.affiliation: UPMC Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
authors.forename: S Tonya
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Stefko
authors.affiliation: UPMC Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Snyderman
authors.affiliation: UPMC Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fernandez-Miranda
authors.affiliation: UPMC Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tyler-Kabara
authors.affiliation: UPMC Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: UPMC Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
authors.forename: Lance
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bodily
authors.affiliation: UPMC Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Bilonick
authors.affiliation: UPMC Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Gardner
keywords: craniopharyngioma; expanded endonasal approach; outcome; vision