Abstract:ObjectiveTo investigate the feasibility, surgical technique, prevention and management of postoperative complications in tuberculum meningiomas resection via endoscopic extended transsphenoidal approach(EETA).MethodsClinical data, surgical effect, complications and followup outcomes of 19 patients who underwent surgical removal of tuberculum meningiomas via EETA were analyzed retrospectively.ResultsTumor resection of Simposon level I was achieved in 9 cases, level II in 8, and level III in 2. After operation, headache got relieved in 6 cases, the visual damage and optic field defect were improved in 14 of 16 cases with preoperative visual impairment. Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea occurred in 2 cases with intracranial infection in one of them. Olfactory damage occurred in 12 cases. Postoperative followup for 4 to 31 months revealed no complications such as delayed cerebrospinal rhinorrhea, epilepsy, change in urine output, endocrine insufficiency and others. Oneyear followup showed partially function restoration in 10 of 12 cases with postoperative olfactory damage.ConclusionEndoscopic extended transsphenoidal approach is an ideal alternative for resection of tuberculum meningiomas.