Introduction and Epidemiology The most common tumors affecting the sellar, suprasellar, and parasellar regions include pituitary adenomas, Rathke cleft cysts, craniopharyngiomas, meningiomas, germ cell tumors, and gliomas involving the hypothalamus or optic chiasm. Management is dictated according to each specific…
Summary of Key Points The endoscopic transnasal approaches provide a direct surgical trajectory to anteriorly located lesions at the craniocervical junction. Clinical series demonstrate low rates of postoperative infection after endoscopic transnasal approaches to intradural pathology despite nasal contamination. Endoscopic…
Introduction Endoscopic visualization: Historical context Today, endoscopic endonasal surgery is an important component of skull base surgery. This development has only been possible because of constant evolution of visualization capabilities together with deeper knowledge of anatomy and refinement of surgical…