====== Amin Kassam ======
Amin Kassam, a neurosurgeon, and Ricardo L. Carrau and Carl Snyderman, otorhinolaryngologists from the University of [[Pittsburgh]] Medical Center, following the lead of Kaptain, et al.,
((Kaptain GJ, Vincent DA, Sheehan JP, et al: Transsphenoidal
approaches for the extracapsular resection of midline [[suprasellar]] and anterior cranial base lesions. Neurosurgery 49:94–100,
2001))
and Maroon,
((Maroon JC: Skull base surgery: past, present, and future trends.
Neurosurg Focus 19(1):E1, 2005))
reported the use of the pure [[endonasal]] endoscopic technique for the treatment of various pathological conditions of the skull base, widening the concept of [[transsphenoidal surgery]]