Developments in treatment of sellar region tumors by microsurgical techniques

Objective To investigate the recent developments in treatment of sellar tumors by microsurgical techniques.Methods The literatures about surgical treatment of sellar tumors were searched and reviewed.Results The pathological types of tumors locating at sellar region included pituitary adenoma,meningioma,and craniopharyngioma.Although surgical removing of sellar region tumors was relatively difficult and post-operation complications may occur because of the anatomical complexity of sellar region,most of sellar region tumors can be ablated to satisfied degree by microsurgical techniques and the post-operation complications can be minimized.Conclusion Great majority of the sellar region tumors are pathologically benign and the dominant therapeutic method is surgical abscission,in which choosing appropriate approach is important.After operation many complications may occur, but most of them can be prevented and cured.