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Anterior skull base surgery is now an accepted treatment modality for many lesions involving the anterior skull base including the pituitory region. This paper deals with a fifteen year experience over various approaches to the anterior skull base, and thereby trying to rationalize the appropriate approach for the tumours in different anatomical situations. Relevant literature has also been reviewed.
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Hazarika, P., Ranjan Nayak, D., Deepak Murty, K. et al. Anterior skull base surgery— our experience. IJO & HNS 50, 338–344 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03000684
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