[Surgical treatment of hypophyseal adenomas using the nose and sphenoid sinus approach].

A method of hypophyseal adenoma removal through the nose and sphenoidal sinus is described. The method was used in 26 patients and no postoperative complications were observed. The approach to the sella from the sphenoidal sinus makes it possible to remove the tumour from the sphenoidal sinus and from the area below and behind optic chiasm.