The role of osirix based virtual endoscopy in planning endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenoma

Abstract

VE realized in OsiriX represents an affordable alternative to the specially designed systems, offering reliable data and good quality images that are useful for the preoperative planning, but some limitations are present such as inability to obtain additional information in cases where the sphenoid sinus is fully occupied by tumor or not aerated, inability to clearly differentiate between structures at the level of the sella, and impossibility to simulate working instruments.