Marc R. Rosen, MD, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Jefferson Medical College, describes the relatively new technique of minimally invasive skull base surgery for malignancies and benign tumors using a small endoscope to gain direct approach to the brain through the nose.

References and Resources
Fatemi N, Dusick JR, de Paiva Neto MA, Kelly DF. The endonasal microscopic approach for pituitary adenomas and other parasellar tumors: a 10-year experience. Neurosurgery. 2008 Oct;63(4 Suppl 2):244-56; discussion 256.

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