[PDF] Top 20 Management of Pituitary Adenomas: Mononostril Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery

... of surgery, indicated mostly for symptomatic apo- plexy, remains tumor debulking to save visual function and reduce tumor load as seen in our series (achieved in 8/11 patients, where the other 3 patients had total ... See full document

... for endoscopic endonasal surgeries in other series ...initial surgery, a neuro-navigation system and an ultrasonic probe were used for carotid ...the transsphenoidal approach is also very important, ... See full document

... with endoscopic trans- sphenoid approach is a matter of great debate and there is still some debate about its value with occurrence of intra- operative and post-operative CSF leakage [14, ...in management ... See full document

... their management, and the clinical outcomes that occurred in 21 of the more than 1800 patients who had transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary ...during surgery in 16 ...whose ... See full document

... of endoscopic surgery, problems like inadaptation to the endoscopic visualization, the narrow operational space or lack of endoscopic instruments usu- ally showed ...40 endoscopic ... See full document

... Pituitary adenomas accounts for about 10% of intracranial tumors among which 14% to 28% are non-function- ing adenomas ...the pituitary macroadenomas ...justify surgery to avoid visual ... See full document

... Among pituitary tumors, prolactin (PRL)-secreting pituitary adenomas are by far the most fre- quent ...a pituitary adenoma is an ex- ceptional ...a pituitary adenoma associated with ... See full document

... dal pituitary surgery: microscopic and endoscopic ...microscopic surgery, which is called endoscopy assisted ...Microscopic surgery used to be the estab- lished method for ... See full document

... for transsphenoidal resection of pituitary ...in endoscopic approach, incidence of rest of the complications seems similar to previous MTSS approach in our ... See full document

... the pituitary adenomas while overcoming the complication, we used at least stage II of reconstruction technique even though no CSF leak was encountered (of course in most of these cases we en- countered ... See full document

... The overall incidence of complications was 11.22% (11). The most common was a postoperative CSF leak in 10% (3) followed by postoperative hematoma 3% (1) and hydrocephalus 3% (1). We didn't have any vascular injury, ... See full document

... Endoscopic transsphenoidal approach to sellar tumors is a relatively new technique, yet it was noted in our study among other to have an easy learning curve, with a rapid acquire of experience among ...the ... See full document

... the endoscopic approach compared with the sublabial ...the endoscopic ap- proach was associated with fewer complications as well as a shorter hospital stay and length of ...of endoscopic ... See full document

... function. Pituitary microadenomas are defined as a group tumors of less than one cen- timeter in diameter, correspondingly all the oth- ers greater than acentimeter in diameter are called as pituitary ... See full document

... after surgery were: loss of sense of smell (28%), decrease in sense of taste (4%), trouble breathing during the day (18%), thick nasal discharge (36%), post nasal discharge (8%), dried nasal material (6%), and ... See full document

... of pituitary gland in our study were nonfunctioning followed by GH secreting adenoma 18/70 (26%) followed by prolactinoma ...of pituitary adenomas and have found non functioning adenomas as ... See full document

... trans-sphenoid surgery (EETS) is increasingly used for pituitary ...peroperative endoscopic visualization can provide useful anatomical ...lesions, pituitary apoplexy and empty sella syndrome ... See full document

... Background: Pituitary adenomas represent a quite frequent neurosurgical ...uitary adenomas are represented by PRL, GH, ACTH and TSH tumours; the rate of postoperative hormonal recurrence is not ... See full document

... the surgery can be the reason for this deterioration of patency in the early postoperative period as the chang- es were not significant with the use of the ... See full document

... of pituitary adenoma excision focused on the clin- ical characterizations of the tumor [6–8], ...residual pituitary adenoma under microscope and endoscope, and concluded that insuffi- ciency of sphenoidal ... See full document