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Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Surgery /

Currently, surgical management provides the definitive treatment of choice for most pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngiomas and meningiomas of the sellar region. The elegant minimally invasive transnasal endoscopic approach to the sella turcica and the anterior skull base has added a new dimension of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Divitiis, Enrico
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Cappabianca, Paolo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna, 2003.
Subjects:
Medicine.
Medical radiology.
Neurology.
Nervous system > Surgery.
Otolaryngology.
Endoscopic surgery.
Radiology, Medical.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Evolution of transsphenoidal surgery
  • The endoscope, endoscopic equipment and instrumentation
  • Endoscopic anatomy along the transnasal approach to the pituitary gland and the surrounding structures
  • The role of the endocrinologist
  • The role of the neuroradiologist
  • The role of the ophthalmologist
  • Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach to the sellar region
  • The role of the anesthesiologist
  • Extended endoscopic approaches to the skull base
  • The role of the neuropathologist
  • Conclusions.