Pituitary Gland Surgery. Surgery for pituitary tumors minimally invasive endonasal endoscopic surgery for pituitary tumors. The pituitary gland is located at the bottom of your brain and above the inside of your nose.
Surgery for pituitary tumors minimally invasive endonasal endoscopic surgery for pituitary tumors. Neurosurgeons at the johns hopkins pituitary. Transsphenoidal surgery is performed for removing the tumours from the pituitary gland.
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Endoscopic transnasal transsphenoidal approach. Another type of. Surgical removal of a pituitary tumor usually is necessary if the tumor is pressing on the optic nerves or if the tumor is overproducing certain hormones. Endoscopic pituitary surgery is done with an instrument called an endoscope.
