[Transnasal-transsphenoidal endoscopic surgery of the sellar region].

Unlabelled: Transnasal transsphenoidal endoscopic approach to the sella turcica has recently become an option to the pituitary surgery which could predominate in a near future.

Objectives: To evaluate through the analysis of our results whether it is possible to perform in our Hospital the endoscopic transnasal transsphenoidal approach to the sella with results at least as good as those we obtain with the microscopic sublabial transseptal transsphenoidal approach.

Material And Methods: As the first stage of a three stage randomized trial, this is a prospective study of 10 patients operated on, using transnasal transsphenoidal endoscopic approach between august 2002 and August 2003 at the department of neurosurgery of "Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital".