SOME ANATOMICAL DATA RELATED TO THE TRANSNASO-SPHENOIDAL RESECTION OF PITUITARY FOSSA TUMORS

Since the beginning of this century, trans-naso-sphenoidal resection of the pituitary fossatumors has been widely used clinically. It hasmore merits than other operative approachesused before. In China it has been adopted byboth ENT doctors and neurosurgeons since 1959.1In order to afford some relevant anatomicaldata, we measured 137 adult sagittal planeskulls with distinct landmarks.