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  • Title: Endoscopic radical hypophysectomy: how I do it.
    Author: Cárdenas Ruiz-Valdepeñas E, Kaen A, Perez Prat G.
    Journal: Acta Neurochir (Wien); 2016 Nov; 158(11):2159-2162. PubMed ID: 27638642.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Total hypophysectomy it is a classical procedure that currently has many indications especially in patients with Cushing syndrome without good endocrine control. Expanded endonasal endoscopic techniques grant us an alternative standpoint to the classic trans-sphenoidal microscopic approach and a comprehensive assessment of the process METHOD: The author provides technical nuances and describe step by step the radical endoscopic hypophysectomy. The study of cadaveric specimens adds clarifying dissections. CONCLUSIONS: Radical hypophysectomy is an easily replicable and safe procedure. The most important morbidity is the intraoperative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage, which is inherent to this technique and can be successfully prevented with a pedicled nasoseptal flap reconstruction.
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