SummaryThe authors describe a microsurgical pressure-irrigation-suction system (MPIS) which allows a rapid adjustment of suction and irrigation to the operative situation by one-hand manipulation. This system is especially suitable for transsphenoidal microsurgery of pituitary disorders and has proved its usefulness in 60 such operations.
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