© 2015 Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery. All rights reserved Background: The endoscope was used in trans-sphenoidal surgery for sellar lesions by Gerard Guiot more than 40 years ago. Interest in endonasal endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery has increased. Objectives: This article presents our experience in the endoscopic trans-sphenoidal approach of the first sixty cases performed in our hospita...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of endoscopic exposure and excision for juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma. DESIGN Prospective analysis of the outcomes of endoscopic removal of the angiofibroma at a tertiary care centre, using endoscopic and radiological parameters. SUBJECTS Twenty-eight consecutive patients with angiofibroma were included. These patients underwent endonasal endoscopic...

BACKGROUND Repair of anterior skull base cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks, encephaloceles, and meningoceles can prevent meningitis, intracranial abscess, and pneumocephalus. Various surgical techniques have been employed for repair, including open transcranial and transfacial methods. The endoscopic endonasal approach represents a minimal access but equally aggressive alternative. We conducted a...