Extended Approaches
Endoscopic access to pituitary tumors, where an ear, nose and throat surgeon works together with a neurosurgeon, has been successfully accomplished for many years. More recently, further specialization combined with advanced training and techniques have allowed the paranasal sinuses to be a relatively low-morbidity approach to selected tumors even inside the skull or brain. This can be divided into:
- approaches to the anterior cranial fossa
- approaches to the mid cranial fossa
- approaches to the posterior cranial fossa
- access to the infratemporal fossa (incl. pterygopalatine fissure)
- access to the sella turcica
- orbital access
- optic nerve access
Read more about this topic: Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
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