Clinical neurology and neurosurgery
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Clin Neurol Neurosurg · Oct 2011
Transsphenoidal surgery assisted by a new guidance device: results of a series of 747 cases.
The objective of this study is to report the efficacy and safety of microsurgical transsphenoidal surgery using a frame for sella guidance in a series of patients with untreated pituitary adenoma. ⋯ The endonasal transsphenoidal technique is a safe, quick, and effective approach to pituitary adenomas. Our guidance frame allows the surgeon to open and close the wound rapidly, which avoids trajectory deviation and shortens the duration of the surgical procedure.