Surgery through the nose removes a deep brain tumor in one patient
Original title: Extended endoscopic endonasal transplanum transtuberculum approach for retrochiasmatic type II transinfundibular craniopharyngioma: operative pearls and nuances of the technique.
How far along is this research?
- Lab cells
- Animals
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- Tested in people
This was tested in people. That is the most reliable kind of research we share.
This shows one person's surgery, not a study of many patients.
The short version
Doctors took out a hard-to-reach brain tumor by going through the nose.
What was studied. This is a video of one surgery in a 62-year-old woman. She had a craniopharyngioma, a tumor deep in the brain, and she was losing her vision.
What they found. The surgeons removed the whole tumor. No brain fluid leaked after the surgery. Her vision got much better, and she needs hormone medicine because the tumor area no longer makes her hormones.
What this means, and what it doesn't
What it could mean: For some tumors in this spot, surgery through the nose may take out the whole tumor and help vision. Hormone medicine may be needed for life afterward.
What it doesn't mean: This is one person in a teaching video, not a study. It does not show how often this works, or who it is right for. This surgery is hard and is only done at some centers. It is not a promise of a cure.
Source: PubMed, October 1, 2026 · Read the original
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