作者
Mahmoud Messerer, Gérald Raverot, Sebouh Kassis, Julie Dubourg, Veronique Lapras, Jacqueline Trouillas, Gilles Perrin, Emmanuel Jouanneau
发表日期
2011/4/1
来源
Neurosurgical focus
卷号
30
期号
4
页码范围
E11
出版商
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
简介
Object
Because of their size and lateral extension, total removal of nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) remains a challenge and postoperative tumor remnants are frequent. Endoscopy has improved the surgeon's view; however, its superiority in terms of surgical outcome remains undetermined. The authors' aim in this study was to compare the clinical results and morbidity between microscopic and endoscopic techniques in 164 patients with NFPAs.
Methods
Tumoral (3D MR imaging), endocrinological, and ophthalmological results and morbidity were compared between 2 groups of 82 patients with newly diagnosed NFPAs surgically treated via either a sublabial microscopic approach (Group B) or a fully endonasal endoscopic technique (Group A).
Results
The groups showed no difference in terms of clinical features, tumor size, or …
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