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Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Approach

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Abstract

The standard endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach to the sella is suitable for the removal of pituitary tumors, both microadenomas and macroadenomas, and the indications are the same as those for conventional microscopic pituitary surgery [4, 13, 39].

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  1. Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Naples, Italy

    Paolo Cappabianca MD, Luigi Maria Cavallo MD, PhD, Michelangelo de Angelis MD, Davide Luglietto MS & Domenico Solari MD, PhD

  2. Neuroradiology Unit, Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Universitaà degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Naples, Italy

    Ferdinando Caranci MD

  3. Neurosurgical Unit, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK

    Vita Stagno MD

  4. Department of Systematic Anatomy, Centre for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Manfred Tschabitscher MD

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