Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach to large and giant pituitary adenomas: institutional experience and predictors of extent of resection

K Juraschka, OH Khan, BL Godoy, E Monsalves… - Journal of …, 2014 - thejns.org
Object While the use of endoscopic approaches has become increasingly accepted in the
resection of pituitary adenomas, limited evidence exists regarding the success of this …

Cavernous sinus invasion in pituitary adenomas: systematic review and pooled data meta-analysis of radiologic criteria and comparison of endoscopic and …

S Dhandapani, H Singh, HM Negm, S Cohen… - World neurosurgery, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Despite the substantial impact of cavernous sinus invasion (CSI) in pituitary
adenoma surgery, its radiologic determination has been inconsistent and variable, and the …

Endoscopic endonasal surgery for olfactory groove meningiomas: outcomes and limitations in 50 patients

M Koutourousiou, JC Fernandez-Miranda… - Neurosurgical …, 2014 - thejns.org
Object Recently, endoscopic endonasal surgery (EES) has been introduced in the
management of skull base tumors, with constantly improving outcomes and increasing …

Giant pituitary adenoma: histological types, clinical features and therapeutic approaches

P Iglesias, V Rodríguez Berrocal, JJ Díez - Endocrine, 2018 - Springer
Giant pituitary adenomas comprise about 6–10% of all pituitary tumors. They are mostly
clinically non-functioning adenomas and occur predominantly in males. The presenting …

Giant pituitary adenomas: surgical outcomes of 50 cases operated on by the endonasal endoscopic approach

JA Gondim, JPC Almeida, LAF Albuquerque… - World neurosurgery, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective To present our experience with the surgical management of giant pituitary
adenomas in a series of 50 cases operated on by an endoscopic endonasal approach …

Treatment of acromegaly by endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery: surgical experience in 214 cases and cure rates according to current consensus criteria

DB Hazer, S Işık, D Berker, S Güler, A Gürlek… - Journal of …, 2013 - thejns.org
Object Acromegaly is a disease that has significant morbidity and mortality related to high
levels of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor–I (IGF-I), and is usually caused …

Evaluation of outcomes after endoscopic endonasal surgery for large and giant pituitary macroadenoma: a retrospective review of 39 consecutive patients

JD Chabot, S Chakraborty, G Imbarrato… - World neurosurgery, 2015 - Elsevier
Background The endoscopic endonasal approach for pituitary neoplasms has shown similar
efficacy compared with the microscopic approach. However, outcomes and complication …

Challenging Knosp high-grade pituitary adenomas

A Micko, J Oberndorfer, WJ Weninger, G Vila… - Journal of …, 2019 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Parasellar growth is one of the most important prognostic variables of pituitary
adenoma surgery, with adenomas regarded as not completely resectable if they invade the …

Factors impacting cerebrospinal fluid leak rates in endoscopic sellar surgery

TT Karnezis, AB Baker, ZM Soler… - International forum of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background In patients undergoing transnasal endoscopic sellar surgery, an analysis of risk
factors and predictors of intraoperative and postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leak (CSF) …

Primary endoscopic endonasal management of giant pituitary adenomas: outcome and pitfalls from a large prospective multicenter experience

S Chibbaro, F Signorelli, D Milani, H Cebula, A Scibilia… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Giant pituitary adenomas are highly invasive tumors whose treatment is
challenging. Surgery is their management mainstay. However, there is no consensus about …