UPMC: Minimally Invasive Brain Surgery

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Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

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EEA Videos and Animations

UPMC is a world leader in minimally invasive brain surgery and has been featured in a variety of televised news broadcasts. The animations and videos below describe the techniques as well as real patients' experiences with endoscopic brain surgery at UPMC.

Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA) Animation

This animation shows the minimally invasive removal of a large tumor near the pituitary gland using the Endoscopic Endonasal Approach.

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NBC Today's Health: Surgery Without Scars

A child with a life-threatening angiofibroma undergoes successful EEA surgery at UPMC.

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NBC Nightly News: Life-Saving Breakthroughs

A UPMC patient has a huge tumor removed through her nose.

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WTAE-TV Success Story

UPMC surgeons are the first to repair a brain aneurysm through the nose.

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Discovery & Breakthroughs Inside Science

Learn how UPMC surgeons remove an optic nerve tumor through the nose.

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On Q Magazine: Removing Brain Tumors Through the Nose

A life-threatening, grapefruit-size brain tumor is removed using the endoscopic endonasal approach at UPMC.

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Virtual Panoramas

Click on the images below and move your mouse to explore two of our state-of-the-art surgical suites.

Explore Our EEA Surgical Suite

This specially equipped suite is used exclusively for EEA surgery.

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Explore Our High-Tech Operating Room

This neurosurgery operating room includes intra-operative scanning technology to help guide the surgical team.

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Contact Us

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1-877-986-9862 (within the U.S.)
For international calls: 01-412-567-7313

Matthew Carls

Patient Stories:

Meet Matthew Carls

UPMC surgeons performed an extraordinary, nine-hour surgery that allowed this average 10-year-old to return to the everyday fun of being a kid.

Read Matthew's Story »

Meet the Surgeons

Meet the Surgeons:

Our Surgical Team

Our neurosurgeons are among the most experienced in the world in performing minimally invasive brain surgery.

Read about the members of our surgical team »