Medical Update #91 - Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery

B.Todd Schaeffer, MD, Associate Chairman of Otolaryngology, North Shore University Hospital, and Mark Eisenberg, MD, Chief of Neurosurgery, LIJ Medical Center, discuss the intricacies of minimally invasive skull base surgery, particularly the endoscopic removal of pituitary adenomas, as they show the audience how they are able to go through the patient's nose to achieve their goal. They discuss the unique collaboration between neurosurgery and otolaryngology, and the merging of technology in using advanced endoscopic techniques and equipment. A grateful patient tells her surprising story of having to undergo pituitary surgery when she thought she just had sinus headaches.

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