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Transsphenoidal Approach for Pituitary & Skull Base Tumors

Pituitary and skull base tumors can be managed using the minimally invasive transsphenoidal approach.

The approach is performed transnasally — through the patient’s nose — without a conventional craniotomy, and therefore without removing any bone from the outer surface of the skull. Instead, a small area of bone is removed deep at the midline to reach first the sphenoid sinus and then the central skull base region.

The principal target of the approach is the pituitary gland, which sits at the midline at the base of the brain. By adjusting the trajectory of the instruments, access can also be gained to the anterior cranial fossa and towards the region of the brainstem.

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