Mohamad Namvar, Arad Iranmehr, Mohamad Reza Fathi, Seyed Mousa Sadrhosseini, Azin Tabari, Noushin Shirzad, Mehdi Zeinalizadeh
Objective Endoscopic endonasal approaches (EEAs) have shown excellent results for majority of hypophyseal tumors. The aim of this study was to evaluate and report the complications of EEA in patients with pituitary adenoma (PA) who underwent surgery between 2013 and 2018. Methods We performed a retrospective review of 310 consecutive patients/325 procedures with PA treated with an EEA from May 2013 to January 2018. Minor complications including transient diabetes insipidus (DI) or new anterior pituitary hormone insufficiency in one axis and major complications including CSF leakage, hematoma needing reoperation, vascular damage, brain infection, new pan-hypopituitarism permanent DI, new visual impairment, neurological deficits, and mortality were recorded...
June 2023: Journal of Neurological Surgery. Part B, Skull Base