Endoscopic and Microsurgical Anatomy of the Cranial Base

Neuroendoscopic transnasal surgical approaches have become increasingly common
for some time, and have started to replace microsurgical techniques in pituitary surgery.Endoscopic transnasal approaches have also been recently used in some neurosurgical centres to reach pre- and retrosellar areas and targets localized in the basal cisterns. One major factor is the localization of the carotid artery between the siphon and aperture externa of the carotid canal at the base of the petrous bone. Prof. em. Dr. med. Wolfgang Seeger
Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg 2009

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