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Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Approach

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There are several kinds of craniopharyngioma that can be managed via two variations of the endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal procedure: the “standard” approach to the sellar region and the “extended” approach to the suprasellar area. These two variations have different indications.

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The editors wish to thank Doctor Carmela Chiaramonte for the original drawings prepared for this chapter.

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    Luigi Maria Cavallo MD PhD, Alberto Di Somma MD, Domenico Solari MD, PhD, Federico Frio MD, Luigi Maffei MD & Paolo Cappabianca MD

  2. Neuroradiology Unit, Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Naples, Italy

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Cavallo, L.M. et al. (2016). Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Approach. In: Cappabianca, P., Cavallo, L., de Divitiis, O., Esposito, F. (eds) Midline Skull Base Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21533-4_6

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