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Aiming to guide approach selection, preoperative grading systems have been described.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>All cases of TSMs treated from 2013 to 2018 by extended endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA) or SO approach have been reviewed and classified according to three preoperative grading systems: McDermott scale, Optic Nerve Laterality Score, and Ya\u015fargil criteria.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>A total of 15 patients with TSMs were treated with the EEA (n\u2009=\u20096) or the SO (n\u2009=\u20099) approach. Globally, gross total resection was obtained in 87% (n\u2009=\u200913) of cases and was higher with the SO (100%, n\u2009=\u20099) compared with the EEA (67%, n\u2009=\u20094). Visual function improved in all but one patient (n\u2009=\u200914). Compared with the EEA group, patients treated by the SO approach had larger tumors (32.3\u2009mm vs. 24.5\u2009mm), a higher rate of optic canal invasion (4\/9 vs. 0\/6), and arterial encasement (6\/9 vs. 1\/5). Patients with McDermott total points of 1 to 2 (7\/15) were treated mainly by the EEA; all patients with McDermott total score of \u22653 (8\/15) were treated by the SO approach. All patients with optic canal invasion (4\/15) and lateral extension of the tumor (ONL score\u2009=\u20091\u20133) were treated by the SO approach.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>The SO and EEA are two minimally invasive approaches safe and effective for treating TSMs. For tumors with lateral extension (optic nerve laterality [ONL] score\u2009=\u20091\u20133), larger diameter (&gt;30\u201335\u2009mm), vascular encasement, or optic canal involvement (McDermott total point\u2009=\u20092\u20133), the SO craniotomy is preferred. For small and median tumors with no optic canal invasion or vascular encasement (McDermott total point\u2009=\u20091\u20132), the EEA represents a valid option.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/a-2479-4598","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,20]],"date-time":"2024-11-20T19:01:02Z","timestamp":1732129262000},"page":"069-076","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Supraorbital and Endonasal Approaches: Tailoring Surgical Techniques for Tuberculum Sellae Meningiomas Based on Preoperative Grading Systems\u2014Minimally Invasive Approaches for Tuberculum Sellae Meningiomas"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"87","author":[{"given":"Riccardo Antonio","family":"Ricciuti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Unit of Neurosurgery, Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini, Rome (IT), Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fabrizio","family":"Mancini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Unit of Neurosurgery, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia (IT), Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Riccardo","family":"Paracino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Unit of Neurosurgery, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia (IT), Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Matteo Maria","family":"Ottaviani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Unit of Neurosurgery, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia (IT), Italy"},{"name":"Neurosurgery clinic, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria \u201cOspedali Riuniti,\u201d Ancona (IT), Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Pierfrancesco","family":"De Domenico","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Serena","family":"Pagano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Unit of Neurosurgery, Belcolle Hospital, Viterbo (IT), Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Francesca Romana","family":"Barbieri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Unit of Neurosurgery, Belcolle Hospital, Viterbo (IT), Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Daniele","family":"Marruzzo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Unit of Neurosurgery, Belcolle Hospital, Viterbo (IT), Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Stefano","family":"Vecchioni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Unit of Neurosurgery, AOU \u201cOspedali Riuniti,\u201d Ancona (IT), Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Carlo","family":"Conti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Unit of Neurosurgery, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia (IT), Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"194","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","first-page":"395","volume-title":"Tuberculum sellae meningiomas","author":"O Al Mefty","year":"1991"},{"issue":"06","key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1432","DOI":"10.1097\/00006123-200212000-00013","article-title":"Tuberculum sellae meningiomas: microsurgical anatomy and surgical technique","volume":"51","author":"G I Jallo","year":"2002","journal-title":"Neurosurgery"},{"issue":"04","key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"523","DOI":"10.3171\/jns.1988.69.4.0523","article-title":"Suprasellar meningiomas: the effect of tumor location on postoperative visual outcome","volume":"69","author":"B T Andrews","year":"1988","journal-title":"J Neurosurg"},{"issue":"05","key":"ref4","first-page":"367","article-title":"The importance of early diagnosis and treatment of the meningiomas of the planum sphenoidale and tuberculum sellae: a retrospective study of 105 cases","volume":"12","author":"G N Kadis","year":"1979","journal-title":"Surg Neurol"},{"issue":"04","key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"642","DOI":"10.3171\/jns.1984.61.4.0642","article-title":"Surgical management of suprasellar meningioma. 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