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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Laryngoscope. 2022 Nov 24;133(4):807–813. doi: 10.1002/lary.30496

Table 1:

Contemporary Approaches to the Sella Turcica

Surgeon Year Approach Description
Kiliani 1904 Transfrontal Intracranial, Intradural
Horsley 1904 Middle Fossa Intracranial
Krause 1905 Anterior Fossa Intracranial, Extradural
Schloffer 1907 Transsphenoidal, Superior Nasal Extracranial, nose reflected
Proust 1908 Supranasal Extracranial, nose reflected
Kocher 1909 Transnasal Extracranial, nose incised
Kanavel 1909 Infranasal, transsphenoidal Extracranial, nose reflected
Cushing 1909 Sublabial Transphenoidal, Extracranial, Transpalatal, Infranasal
Halstead 1910 Sublabial Extracranial, Transoral