Transsphenoidal approach to pituitary adenoma： surgical technique of the Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Although presented over one hundred years ago, the transsphenoidal approach to pituitary adenoma is still the most suitable and safe route to pituitary adenoma, with a series of significant evolutional steps. The transsphenoidal approach to pituitary adenoma is still a non-universal approach used in different centers of different areas in our country. The transsphenoidal approach has a number of variations, including the endonasal rhinoseptoplastic, transnasal displacement,