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. 2020 Apr 11;87(6):689–694. doi: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2020.02.006

Table 1.

Preoperative diagnosis, surgical procedure and mucosal reconstruction method in individuals submitted to skull base surgery.

Diagnosis, n (%) Surgical procedure, n (%) Reconstruction method, n (%)
Pituitary macroadenoma, 122 (84%) Transsellar + middle Turbinectomy 110 (76%) Nasoseptal flap, 132 (91%)
Functioning microadenoma, 5 (3%)
Craniopharyngioma, 4 (3%) Transsellar 29 (21%) Nasoseptal flap + Fascia Lata/fat, 11 (8%)
Clival chordoma, 3 (2%) Transplanum 4 (3%)
Meningioma, clival meningioma, CSF fistula, anaplastic neuroglial cells, Pterygopalatine Schwannoma or petrous apex tumor, 1 (1%) Transnasal to petrous apex, Transcribiform or Transclival 1 (1%) Free graft, 2 (1%)