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Neurosurgical review · Apr 2010
A technical note on endonasal combined microscopic endoscopic with free head navigation technique of removal of pituitary adenomas.
- Ossama Al-Mefty, Svetlana Pravdenkova, and Cristian Gragnaniello.
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham, #507, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA. keelandamye@uams.edu
- Neurosurg Rev. 2010 Apr 1; 33 (2): 243-8; discussion 248-9.
AbstractPituitary surgery exemplifies the continuous refinement of surgical techniques. The transsphenoidal approach is the approach of choice to treat most pituitary adenomas. We report here, as a technical note, an operative nuance that represents an encompassment of various technical steps that we utilize in our current surgery, including the corroboration of navigation system on a free head with combined use of endoscope and microscope techniques.
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