Richard Drexler, Roman Rotermund, Timothy R Smith, John L Kilgallon, Jürgen Honegger, Isabella Nasi-Kordhishti, Paul A Gardner, Zachary C Gersey, Hussein M Abdallah, John A Jane, Alexandria C Marino, Ulrich J Knappe, Nesrin Uksul, Jamil A Rzaev, Evgeniy V Galushko, Ekaterina V Gormolysova, Anatoliy V Bervitskiy, Henry W S Schroeder, Márton Eördögh, Marco Losa, Pietro Mortini, Rüdiger Gerlach, Mohammed Azab, Karol P Budohoski, Robert C Rennert, Michael Karsy, William T Couldwell, Apio C M Antunes, Manfred Westphal, Franz L Ricklefs, Jörg Flitsch
OBJECTIVE: Benchmarks aid in improve outcomes for surgical procedures. However, best achievable results that have been validated internationally for transsphenoidal surgery (TS) are not available. We aimed to establish standardized outcome benchmarks for transsphenoidal surgery of pituitary adenomas. METHODS: A total of 2685 transsphenoidal tumor resections from 9 expert centers in 3 continents were analyzed. Patients were risk stratified and the median values of each center's outcomes were established...
September 5, 2023: European Journal of Endocrinology