Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypothalamic-Pituitary Diseases - Pituitary Unit 1 article published in JoVE Neuroscience Role of Diffusion MRI Tractography in Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery Matteo Zoli*1,2, Lia Talozzi*2, Micaela Mitolo3, Raffaele Lodi2,4, Diego Mazzatenta*1,2, Caterina Tonon*2,3 1IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypothalamic-Pituitary Diseases - Pituitary Unit, 2Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 3IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Functional and Molecular Neuroimaging Unit, 4IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna We present a protocol to integrate diffusion MRI tractography in patient work-up to endoscopic endonasal surgery for a skull base tumor. The methods for adopting these neuroimaging studies in the pre- and intra-operative phases are described.
