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However, Cushing, who had worked relentlessly to improve the transsphenoidal route to the pituitary region, abandoned the approach by 1929 in his pursuit to master transcranial approaches to the suprasellar region. Hirsch and a few other surgeons continued to perform transsphenoidal operations, but they were unable to maintain the popularity of the approach among their peers.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>During a time when transsphenoidal surgery was on the brink of extinction, a critical lineage of 3 key surgeons\u2014Norman Dott, Gerard Guiot, and Jules Hardy\u2014would resurrect the art, each working to further improve the procedure. Dott, Cushing's apprentice from 1923 to 1924, brought his experiences with transsphenoidal surgery to Edinburgh, Scotland, and along the way, developed the lighted nasal speculum to provide better illumination in the narrow working area. Guiot, inspired by Dott, adopted his technique and used intraoperative radiofluoroscopic technique for image guidance. Hardy, a fellow of Guiot, from Montreal, Canada, revolutionized transsphenoidal microsurgery with the introduction of the binocular microscope and selective adenomectomy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>The teachings of these pioneers have endured over time and are now widely used by neurosurgeons worldwide. 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