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TYLER, Texas, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- A 32-year-old east Texas man is the first brain tumor patient in the region to benefit from a unique surgical procedure that removes pituitary tumors without making incisions in the skin. Sabatino Bianco, MD, a Trinity Clinic neurosurgeon and the Director of the Trinity Mother Frances Neuroscience Institute, is the first and only neurosurgeon in the region to offer patients an endoscopic transsphenoidal hypophysectomy (ETH). The procedure allows the removal of pituitary tumors through the nasal cavity.

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"This technique originated in Naples, Italy and Pittsburgh and comparatively is offered by very few neurosurgeons in the world," said Dr. Bianco. "In order to perform this operation, a neurosurgeon must go through a long learning curve and have access to specialized endoscopic instrumentation and navigational system technology. The Trinity Mother Frances Neuroscience Institute is proud to be the first in east Texas to offer a complete neuroendoscopic suite and procedures for patients that reduce their pain, recovery time and eliminate travel requirements to distant medical locations."

The procedure eliminates the need for incisions and removal of nasal septum and/or nasal turbinates because the patient's nasal cavity is used to access the pituitary tumor. The pituitary gland is a small, cherry-shaped double structure located near the back of the nasal pathways and attached by a stalk to the base of the brain. It is the gland that affects and controls all hormonal functions in the body.

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