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Although Koenig in 1898 developed a bucco-nasal transnasal approach to the pituitary gland, operations using a superior nasal approach became more popular. For example, the Giordano superior nasal approach as modified by Schloffer in 1907 was used successfully in patients (10, 12). Moszkowicz (20) also modiefied Schloffer’s operation by doing the procedure in two stages, trying to reduce the infection rate by making the entry into the sphenoid sinus at a second stage. A year later, Borchard used Schloffer’s technique successfully in a patient. Hochenegg also described a superior nasal approach which Cushing used in three cases (9, 10). The operative mortality was reported to be 25–38% with these techniques due to uncontrolled infections.
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Rand, R.W. (1982). Fifteen Years Experience with Transnasal Trans-Sphenoidal Operation for Pituitary Tumours. In: Brock, M. (eds) Modern Neurosurgery 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-08801-2_20
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