[HTML][HTML] Impacts of surgery on symptom burden and quality of life in pituitary tumor patients in the subacute post-operative period

MR Waddle, MD Oudenhoven, CV Farin… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: Pituitary tumors are rare but are associated with significant symptoms that
impact patients' quality of life (QOL). Surgery remains one of the most effective treatment …

Health-related quality of life and psychiatric symptoms improve effectively within a short time in patients surgically treated for pituitary tumors—a longitudinal study of …

M Milian, J Honegger, C Gerlach, T Psaras - Acta neurochirurgica, 2013 - Springer
Background Reduced health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is a common complaint in
patients suffering from pituitary tumors. Although successful tumor treatment has been …

A patient-reported outcome measure for patients with pituitary adenoma undergoing transsphenoidal surgery

E Karvandi, JG Hanrahan, DZ Khan, PM Boloux… - Pituitary, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Pituitary adenomas affect patients' quality-of-life (QoL) across several domains,
with long-term implications even following gross-total resection or disease remission. While …

Postoperative symptoms and quality of life in pituitary macroadenomas patients

MK Jang, EG Oh, HK Lee, EH Kim… - Journal of Neuroscience …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Patients with pituitary macroadenoma commonly experience symptoms
such as headache, visual disturbance, and olfactory dysfunction due to tumor effects. Even …

Quality of life after endoscopic surgical management of pituitary adenomas

M Castle-Kirszbaum, YY Wang, J King… - Neurosurgery, 2022 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Patient-reported quality of life (QOL) is a vital metric for surgical success.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of surgery on QOL in the largest prospectively collected …

Quality of life before and after endoscopic pituitary surgery as measured by the short-form-36

EC Kuan, F Yoo, J Chyu, A Oh… - … Surgery Part B: Skull …, 2018 - thieme-connect.com
Objectives/Hypotheses To assess quality of life (QOL) after transnasal, endoscopic pituitary
surgery using the 36-item short form (SF-36) instrument. Design Retrospective review was …

Symptom distress and quality of life after stereotactic radiosurgery in patients with pituitary tumors: a questionnaire survey

CJ Yang, GS Huang, FR Xiao, MF Lou - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is a common treatment for recurrent or residual
pituitary adenomas. The persistence of symptoms and treatment related complications may …

[HTML][HTML] Postoperative complications and quality of life in patients with pituitary adenoma

J Zhang, Y Wang, X Xu, Y Gu, F Huang, M Zhang - Gland Surgery, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Pituitary adenomas (PAs) are tumors that arise from the cells of the anterior
pituitary gland. PAs are the most common tumors to occur in the sella area and the third …

[HTML][HTML] The fatigue, sleep and physical activity in postoperative patients with pituitary adenoma: what we can do

X Zhao, T Wang, G Sheng, Y Tang… - Translational Cancer …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background To evaluate the current status of fatigue, sleep and physical activity in
postoperative patients with pituitary adenoma (PA). Methods Postoperative patients …

Toward value based health care in pituitary surgery: application of a comprehensive outcome set in perioperative care

DJ Lobatto, AH Zamanipoor Najafabadi… - European Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objective Although widely advocated, applying Value Based Health Care (VBHC) in clinical
practice is challenging. This study describes VBHC-based perioperative outcomes for …