Pituitary tumors and subsequent treatment with endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery (ETSS) may cause injury to suprasellar structures, causing long-term fatigue neurocognitive impairment. A method quantify brain after ETSS is not available. In this prospective, exploratory study of patients undergoing for pituitary tumors, a novel approach detect possible neuronal damage presented. Plasma concent...

To investigate endocrine function changes after non-functioning pituitary adenomas (NFPA) transsphenoidal surgery and to search for predictors of hypopituitarism resolution development. We included 117 patients with NFPA who underwent endoscopic from 2005 2019 by two neurosurgeons. Twenty-one were excluded because previous or radiotherapy. assessed symptoms at diagnosis, tumour volume, removal,...

Virtual endoscopy (vE) allows simulated three-dimensional (3-D) visualisation of anatomical structures by computerised reconstruction of radiological images. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of vE and its potential benefits for endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary surgery. vE was realised using a commercially available ray-casting software plugin of a picture archiving and ...

BACKGROUND Cushing's disease is an ACTH-producing pituitary adenoma, and the primary treatment is microscopic or endoscopic transsphenoidal selective adenectomy. The aims of the present study were to evaluate whether the early postoperative S-cortisol level can serve as a prognostic marker for short- and long-term remission, and retrospectively review our own short and long term results after s...

Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery (EETS) is a standard procedure to treat the pituitary adenoma, tumor in gland that causes malfunction of hormones. Although method substantially minimal invasive, surgeon may encounter intricacies. The major challenges are narrow pathway, limited working area, lack case studies for practicing, steep learning curve owing intricate steps, and tool inse...

BACKGROUND Pituitary adenoma is one of the most common intracranial neoplasms, and its primary treatment is endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal tumorectomy. Postoperative hypokalemia in these patients is a common complication, and is associated with morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to analyze the etiopathology of postoperative hypokalemia in pituitary adenomas after endoscopic transsp...