Vascular complications in transsphenoidal surgery

Oronasal complications in patients after transsphenoidal hypophyseal surgery.

UNLABELLED Transsphenoidal surgery is the most commonly used surgical procedure to handle the hypophyseal region, sometimes associated with oronasal complications. MATERIAL AND METHODS/AIM To evaluate prospectively (specific questionnaire, clinical evaluation) undiagnosed chronic oronasal complications in patients submitted to conventional transsphenoidal adenomectomy surgery, operated at dif...

Complications of transsphenoidal surgery: the shortcomings of meta-analysis.

The complications of endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary neoplasms

Objective: This study aims to analyze the complications of endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary neoplasms. Methods: 326 patients who underwent neuroendoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery at the neurosurgery department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University from July 2012 to July 2015 were enrolled in this retrospective analysis. Results: Among the 326...

TAVR Surgery and Vascular Complications

A recent study by researchers at Penn Medicine shows that incisionless transcathether aortic valve replacement (TAVR) surgery can cut down the length of hospital stay by 30%. It was also shown that there was no impact on post-operative vascular complication rates when compared with conventional transfemoral TAVR, which requires an incision in the groin. The study is published in Circulation: Ca...

TAVR Surgery and Vascular Complications

A recent study by researchers at Penn Medicine shows that incisionless transcathether aortic valve replacement (TAVR) surgery can cut down the length of hospital stay by 30%. It was also shown that there was no impact on post-operative vascular complication rates when compared with conventional transfemoral TAVR, which requires an incision in the groin. The study is published in Circulation: Ca...