caa a22 4500 606213740 CHVBK 20210128101048.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00701-015-2418-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00701-015-2418-4 Cesare Cavina (1888-1935): a father of transsphenoidal surgery [Elektronische Daten] [Giorgio Frank, Matteo Zoli, Diego Mazzatenta, Ernesto Pasquini, Giovanni Farneti] Among the fathers of transsphenoidal surgery, a relevant role should be reserved for Cesare Cavina (1888-1935). He had the merit to develop and popularize in Italy this approach for pituitary tumors, performing 47 transsphenoidal hypophysectomies out of his personal series of 66 patients between 1927 and 1935. He contributed to this surgery by introducing radiological control of the surgical trajectory to reduce the risk of complications and increase the safety of this approach. We think that both his short lifespan (he died when he was 47years old) and the language of his papers (Italian and not English) are two important factors that have contributed to forgetting his role in the history of transsphenoidal surgery. We think that Prof. Cesare Cavina is definitively one of the fathers of transsphenoidal surgery and that it is important to preserve his memory. Springer-Verlag Wien, 2015 Endoscopic endonasal approach nationallicence History of medicine nationallicence Maxillofacial surgery nationallicence Oral surgery nationallicence Pituitary tumors nationallicence Transsphenoidal surgery nationallicence Frank Giorgio Center of Surgery for Pituitary Tumors and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche, Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy aut Zoli Matteo Center of Surgery for Pituitary Tumors and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche, Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy aut Mazzatenta Diego Center of Surgery for Pituitary Tumors and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche, Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy aut Pasquini Ernesto ENT Unit, Surgical Department, AUSL, Bologna, Italy aut Farneti Giovanni ENT Unit, Surgical Department, AUSL, Bologna, Italy aut Acta Neurochirurgica Springer Vienna 157/6(2015-06-01), 913-918 0001-6268 157:6<913 2015 157 701 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-015-2418-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-015-2418-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Frank Giorgio Center of Surgery for Pituitary Tumors and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche, Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zoli Matteo Center of Surgery for Pituitary Tumors and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche, Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mazzatenta Diego Center of Surgery for Pituitary Tumors and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche, Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pasquini Ernesto ENT Unit, Surgical Department, AUSL, Bologna, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Farneti Giovanni ENT Unit, Surgical Department, AUSL, Bologna, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Acta Neurochirurgica Springer Vienna 157/6(2015-06-01), 913-918 0001-6268 157:6<913 2015 157 701