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Frameless Stereotaxy for Transsphenoidal Surgery

Neurosurgery, 1999
To evaluate the utility of performing transsphenoidal surgery with computer-assisted image guidance.Thirty-seven patients underwent transsphenoidal surgery in which a frameless stereotactic system was used to confirm the trajectory to the sella and to locate the anatomic midline.
W J, Elias, J B, Chadduck, T D, Alden, E R, Laws   +3 more
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Transsphenoidal/Pituitary Surgery

2018
Patients with tumors of the pituitary gland represent a heterogeneous yet commonly encountered neurosurgical population. Optimal anesthetic care requires an understanding of the complex pathophysiology secondary to each patient’s endocrine disease.
Vaia T. Abatzis, Edward C. Nemergut
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Symptomatic Pneumocephalus after Transsphenoidal Surgery

Surgical Neurology, 1997
Symptomatic pneumocephalus after transsphenoidal surgery, though reported, is a rare phenomenon. We report three cases of pneumocephalus in a series of 300 transsphenoidal operations for sellar/suprasellar mass lesions done over the past 12 years.Three cases of symptomatic pneumocephalus occurring after transsphenoidal surgery are presented to ...
R P, Haran, M J, Chandy
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Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery

Neurosurgery, 2006
Abstract THE TRANSSPHENOIDAL MIDLINE route represents the standard approach to the pituitary and sellar area and is used for more than 95% of surgical indications in this region. It is the least traumatic route to the sella turcica, it avoids brain retraction, and it provides excellent visualization of the pituitary gland and lesions ...
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Speculum Opening in Transsphenoidal Surgery

Operative Neurosurgery, 2006
Abstract OBJECTIVE: To assess the extent to which the transsphenoidal speculum can be safely opened at the face of and within the sphenoid sinus without risking damage to the optic nerves in the optic canals and at the orbital apex and the nerves coursing adjacent the walls of the sphenoid sinus.
Adriano S, Garcia, Albert L, Rhoton
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CSF leak in transsphenoidal surgery.

Journal of neurosurgery, 2015
Letter to the ...
Doglietto F., Villaret A. B., Stefini R., Nicolai P., Fontanella M. M., Lofrese G., Maira G.   +6 more
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Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery of Microprolactinomas: A Reappraisal of Cure Rate Based on Radiological Criteria.

Neurosurgery, 2018
Background Current standard treatment of microprolactinomas is dopamine agonist therapy. As this drug treatment is lifelong in up to 80% of cases, many patients consult pituitary surgeons regarding a surgical alternative.
A. Micko, G. Vila, R. Höftberger, E. Knosp, S. Wolfsberger   +4 more
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Anesthesia for transsphenoidal pituitary surgery

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology, 2013
Pituitary tumors are commonly encountered in clinical practice. Patients with functioning adenomas frequently present with symptoms of hormone excess, whereas those with nonfunctioning adenomas often present later and have symptoms resulting from mass effect of the tumor.
Lauren K, Dunn, Edward C, Nemergut
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Transsphenoidal Surgery for Pituitary Tumors

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice
Transsphenoidal surgery for the treatment of pituitary masses in cats and dogs has become a more established treatment over the last 2 decades. Although expert centers and surgeons that provide this service remain limited, the patient population presented for pituitary surgery increases with wider availability of advanced imaging, together with more ...
Björn P, Meij, Lucinda L, van Stee
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[Transsphenoidal surgery].

Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine, 2011
Shingo, Fujio, Kazunori, Arita
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