Transsphenoidal Surgery Complication Avoidance and Management Techni
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Transsphenoidal Surgery
Edward R. Laws, Jr. • Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol Theodore H. Schwartz • Jason P. Sheehan Editors
Transsphenoidal Surgery Complication Avoidance and Management Techniques
Editors Edward R. Laws, Jr. Department of Neurosurgery Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, MA, USA Theodore H. Schwartz Department of Neurosurgery Weill Cornell Medical College New York Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY, USA
Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol Department of Neurosurgery Indianapolis Methodist Hospital Indianapolis, IN, USA Jason P. Sheehan Department of Neurological Surgery University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA, USA Department of Radiation Oncology University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA, USA
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Preface
Over the past decade, there have been significant advances in the field of transsphenoidal surgery. Among the most notable is the steady advancement of this fundamental concept in approaching a variety of anterior skull base lesions. The advancements in this field have resulted from improved preoperative and intraoperative radiological imaging, enhanced microsurgical and endoscopic techniques, refinements in the delivery of ionizing radiation including stereotactic radiosurgery, a more thorough understanding of tumor biology, and development of medical approaches predicated on the underlying tumor biol
