Online ISSN: 1303-6289
Print ISSN: 0304-4793


Published Online: 
January 1, 2002

 

Turkish Archives of Otolaryngology 1997; 35(1-2): 11-13 Abstract



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 Sublabial Transseptal Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy: Rhinological and Neurosurgical Results in 100 Cases

Sublabial Transseptal Transsfenoidal Hipofizektomi: 100 Olguda Rinolojik ve Nöroşirürjikal Sonuçlar
Nazım Korkut*, Ziya Akar**, Ertuğrul Sayın**, Mehmet Ada*, Asım Kaytaz*, İrfan Devranoğlu*
Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Department of ENT, and **Department of Neurosurgery, İstanbul, Turkey
Key Words
Hypophysectomy, sphenoid sinus, adenomas
Abstract
 

 

 

 Transsphenoidal approach is the primary technique in the surgical treatment of hypophyseal tumors. It provides a rapid approach to the pituitary fossa extracranially with a good exposure without intervening intracranial structures and avoiding cosmetic deformity. There are modifications of the transnasal and sublabial approaches which are used in various centers and which have different advantages and disadvantages. We herein report the rhinological and neurosurgical results of sublabial transseptal transsphenoidal hypophysectomy performed in Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine with the collaboration of Otolaryngology anol Neurosurgery Clinics. One hundred hypophyseal adenoma cases were females and the youngest patient was 18 year old while the oldest was 65. The mean age was 32.4.
Correspondence: 

Nazım Korkut, MD 
 İstanbul Üniversitesi Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi Kulak Burun Boğaz Anabilim Dalı
Kocamustafapaşa 34303 İstanbul - Türkiye, Phone: (0212) 586 15 19

   
   

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