Endoscopic endonasal surgery is a minimally invasive technique used mainly in neurosurgery and otolaryngology, in which a surgeon passes an endoscope through the nose to fix or remove brain defects or tumors at the base of the skull. An otolaryngologist typically performs the initial approach through the nasal cavity and sphenoid bone, after which a neurosurgeon carries out the remainder of the operation, which can involve structures such as the pituitary gland. The use of an endoscope for this kind of transsphenoidal pituitary surgery was first introduced in 1992.
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Which specialists take part in endoscopic endonasal surgery?
Both an otolaryngologist and a neurosurgeon operate, and several other specialists help plan it.
Planning the operation can involve an endocrinologist, a neuroradiologist, an ophthalmologist, a neurosurgeon and an otolaryngologist. The endocrinologist is involved only when the tumor is on the pituitary gland. In the operation itself, an otolaryngologist normally performs the initial stage through the nasal cavity and sphenoid bone, and a neurosurgeon performs the rest, including drilling into any cavities that contain a neural organ such as the pituitary gland.
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Endoscopic endonasal surgery is a minimally invasive technique used mainly in neurosurgery and otolaryngology.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endoscopic_endonasal_surgery, lead section
Endoscopic endonasal surgery is a minimally invasive technique used mainly in neurosurgery and otolaryngology.
Treats: Chondrosarcoma, Article text, use for Chondrosarcoma
This approach is used to remove chordomas, chondrosarcoma, inflammatory lesions of the clivus, or metastasis in the cervical spine region.
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