10.1055/b-0039-172573 11 Transclival (Midclivus) ApproachVittorio Rampinelli, Davide Mattavelli, Marco Ravanelli, Davide Lancini, Alberto Schreiber The transclival route can be classified into upper, middle, and lower approaches according to two landmarks:…
10.1055/b-0039-172570 8 Transplanum–Transtuberculum ApproachDavide Mattavelli, Marco Ravanelli, Davide Lancini, Marco Ferrari, Alberto Schreiber The transplanum–transtuberculum approach provides direct access to the suprasellar areas through the planum sphenoidale and tuberculum sellae,…
10.1055/b-0039-172571 9 Transsellar ApproachFrancesco Doglietto, Marco Ravanelli, Francesco Belotti, Marco Maria Fontanella The transsellar endoscopic approach to remove pituitary adenomas represented the first application of the endoscopic technique to transnasal…
10.1055/b-0039-172567 5 Corridor to Lateral SpacesAlberto Schreiber, Vittorio Rampinelli, Marco Ferrari, Marco Ravanelli Lateral exposure is exceedingly important when approaching skull base pathologies with extension along the medial–lateral axis. Some…
10.1055/b-0039-172565 3 Corridor to the Anterior Skull Base and OrbitDavide Mattavelli, Giacomo Bertazzoni, Alberto Schreiber, Marco Ravanelli, Luca Pianta The corridor toward midline anterior skull base and orbit is mostly…
10.1055/b-0039-172566 4 Corridor to Sella Turcica, Surrounding Areas, Posterior Skull Base, and Cervical SpineFrancesco Belotti, Davide Lancini, Marco Ravanelli, Stefano Taboni, Francesco Doglietto The corridors illustrated in this chapter pass…
10.1055/b-0039-172568 6 Transfrontal ApproachFrancesco Belotti, Marco Ravanelli, Marco Angelo Cocchi, Vittorio Rampinelli, Francesco Doglietto In very selected cases, the frontal sinus can serve as a corridor toward lesions with isolated…
10.1055/b-0039-172564 2 Nasal CorridorsVittorio Rampinelli, Davide Mattavelli, Marco Ravanelli, Alberto Schreiber Endoscopic surgery of the skull base and adjacent areas takes advantage of the natural corridor of the sinonasal tract….
10.1055/b-0039-172563 1 Classification of Endoscopic Transnasal Approaches to the Skull Base and Adjacent AreasPiero Nicolai, Marco Ferrari, Roberto Maroldi, Alperen Vural, Marco Maria Fontanella, Luigi Fabrizio Rodella, Lena Hirtler, Manfred…
10.1055/b-0039-172174 14 Difficult Gliomas 14.1 Introduction This chapter is about taking on the bad boys. These are tumors which are obviously high risk, and ones which many, often good tumor…
