TRANSPHENOIDAL SURGERY OF SELLAR PATHOLOGY - RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF 180 PATIENTS SUBMITTED TO SURGERY

Authors

  • Rui Cerejeira Interno do Serviço de ORL dos HUC
  • Sofia Paiva Interno do Serviço de ORL dos HUC
  • Paulo Gonçalves Assistente Eventual de ORL dos HUC
  • Manuel Rito Médico especialista de Neurocirurgia dos HUC
  • Fracisco Belo Médico especialista de Neurocirurgia dos HUC
  • Lima Gouveia Chefe de Serviço de ORL dos HUC
  • António Paiva Director de Serviço de ORL dos HUC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34631/sporl.492

Keywords:

Transphenoidal, sellar pathology

Abstract

Surgical access to sellar region can be obtained with transcranial (high) and extracranial (low) approaches.

Sublabial-transphenoidal and endonasal-transphenoidal (or trans·septo-sphenoidal) are the most common used approaches.

Other approaches like transantral transphenoidal (using o Coldwell-Luc operation) and transethmoidal (via on external ethmoidectomy) are less frequently used.

Endonasal-transphenoidal approach was the procedure of choice in patients submitted to surgery at Coimbra University Hospital (HUC) by Neurosurgery and ENT teams.

The authors analyse the Rhino-Neuro-Surgery team' s experience of HUC between January, 2000 and December, 2005 in what concerns to tronsphenoidal approach to sellar pathology.

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How to Cite

Cerejeira, R., Paiva, S., Gonçalves, P., Rito, M., Belo, F., Gouveia, L., & Paiva, A. (2006). TRANSPHENOIDAL SURGERY OF SELLAR PATHOLOGY - RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF 180 PATIENTS SUBMITTED TO SURGERY. Portuguese Journal of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, 44(4), 353–356. https://doi.org/10.34631/sporl.492

Issue

Vol. 44 No. 4 (2006): Dezembro

Section

Original Article