… s cleft cysts treated between June 1998 and December 2002 using a transsphenoidal endoscopic
… literature of Rathke’s cleft cysts treated using a transsphenoidal endoscopic approach. …

… OBJECTIVE Rathke’s cleft cysts (RCCs) are benign epithelial lesions of the sellar region
typically treated via a transsphenoidal approach with cyst fenestration and drainage. At present, …

… , Rathke's cleft cysts are an important cause of hormonal and visual disturbances.
Transsphenoidal … The cyst wall was left open to drain into the sphenoid sinus, to avoid recollection …

… Surgical techniques were defined as follows: drainage referred to emptying the cyst contents
into the sphenoid sinus (via marsupialization, fenestration, simple drainage) and included a …

… cleft cysts are typically benign, asymptomatic lesions that can be monitored. In selected patients,
transsphenoidal … BK, Kerr JM: Transsphenoidal resection of 82 Rathke cleft cysts: limited …

… was left open to drain into the sphenoid sinus. In obvious or … If CSF was identified, the
sphenoid sinus was also packed with … Abdominal fat was used to pack the sella and sphenoid in …

… An externalized drain was placed from the sphenoid sinus. … The sphenoid drain was removed
on the first postoperative day and the nasal pack was removed by the fourth postoperative …

… series of patients with symptomatic Rathke cleft cysts (RCCs) who … Surgery consisting
of simple cyst drainage followed by cyst … The second patient, who underwent 2 transsphenoidal …

… the sphenoid cavity [25]. Although this procedure has been described with the microsurgical
transsphenoidal … of Rathke’s cleft cysts, we distinguish the purely suprasellar cysts from the …

… Rathke’s cleft cysts (RCC) are benign lesions that originate from remnants of Rathke’s
pouch. They can compress adjacent structures causing visual loss and endocrine dysfunction. …