It has been stated that
transsphenoidal surgery can be used in patients who develop dopaminergic agonist intolerance or resistance or side effects from a drug.
Endoscopic endonasal
transsphenoidal surgery in elderly patients with pituitary adenomas.
KEYWORDS: Endoscopic
Transsphenoidal Surgery, Pituitary Adenoma, Sellar Tumor.
Endoscopic endonasal
transsphenoidal surgery: experience with 50 patients.
She underwent
transsphenoidal surgery in May 2007, and the histological examination confirmed microadenoma.
We performed a retrospective chart review of patients who were found to have Cushing disease and who underwent transnasal
transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenomas between January 1, 2007, and July 1, 2014, at a tertiary academic medical center.
Pituitary adenoma tissues were obtained from the patients at the time of
transsphenoidal surgery. Medical records of all the patients were thoroughly reviewed in terms of their sexes, ages at diagnosis, pathological diagnoses, tumor sizes, and dates of their last follow-ups.
Management strategies of intercavernous sinus bleeding during
transsphenoidal surgery. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2009;151(7):803-8.
Inclusion criteria were: age >18 years; preoperative diagnosis of acromegaly, based on increased IGF-I and GH >0.4 ng/mL during oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT); treatment by
transsphenoidal surgery between September 2012 and January 9, 2015; diagnosis of remission or nonremission at 8 weeks after the surgical procedure; and IGF-I measurements by mass spectrometry before surgery and, at a minimum, on postoperative days 2 or 3 or both.
Like last time, surgeons will remove it through John's nose -
transsphenoidal surgery - as well as drilling through the bottom of his skull, carefully avoiding his main arteries and spinal cord.
Complications of
transsphenoidal surgery: results of a national survey, review of the literature, and personal experience.
The role of
transsphenoidal surgery in the treatment of craniopharyngiomas.
