The endoscopic versus the traditional approach in pituitary surgery

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 83, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 240-248

  Frank, Giorgio ^a   Pasquini, Ernesto ^a   Farneti, Giovanni ^a   Mazzatenta, Diego ^a   Sciarretta, Vittorio ^a   Grasso, Vincenzo ^a   Fustini, Marco Faustini ^a  

^a BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Pituitary adenomas; Transsphenoidal approach

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROSURGERY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPHENOID BONE; THYROTROPIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750036403     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095534     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (30)

1. Schloffer H: Erfolreiche Operation eines Hypophysentumors auf nasalem Wege. Wien Klein Wochnschr 1907;20:621-624.
2. Hardy J, Wigner SM: Trans-sphenoidal surgery of pituitary fossa tumors with televised radiofluoroscopic control. J Neurosurg 1965;23:612-619.
3. Hardy J: Surgery of the pituitary gland, using the trans-sphenoidal approach. Comparative study of 2 technical methods. Union Med Can 1967;96:702-712.
4. Guiot G, Rougerie J, Fourestier A, et al: Une nouvelle technique endoscopique. Explorations endoscopiques intracraniennes. Presse Med 1963;71:1225-1228.
5. Jankowski R, Auque J, Simon C, Marchal JC, Hepner H, Wayoff M: Endoscopic pituitary tumor surgery. Laryngoscope 1992;102:198-202.
6. Jho HD, Carrau RL: Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery: experience with 50 patients. J Neurosurg 1997;87:44-51.
7. Cappabianca P, Alfieri A, de Divitiis E: Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach to the sella: towards functional endoscopie pituitary surgery (FEPS). Minim Invas Neurosurg 1998;41:66-73.
8. de Divitiis E, Cappabianca P, Cavallo M: Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach to the sellar region; in de Divitiis E, Cappabianca P (eds): Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Surgery. Wien, Springer, 2003, pp 91-130.
9. Cappabianca P, Frank G, Pasquini E, de Divitiis O, Calbucci F: Extended endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approaches to the suprasellar region, planum sphenoidale and clivus; in de Divitiis E, Cappabianca P (eds): Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Surgery. Wien, Springer, 2003, pp 176-187.
10. Frank G, Pasquini E: Approach to the cavernous sinus; in de Divitiis E, Cappabianca P (eds): Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Surgery. Wien, Springer, 2003, pp 159-175.
11. Frank G, Pasquini E: Endoscopic endonasal cavernous sinus surgery, with special reference to pituitary adenomas; in Laws ER, Sheehan JP (eds): Pituitary Surgery - A Modern Approach. Basel, Karger, 2006, pp 64-82.
12. Giustina A, Barkan A, Casanueva FF, Cavagnini F, Frohman L, Ho K, Veldhuis J, Wass J, Von Werder K, Melmed S: Criteria for cure of acromegaly: a consensus statement (review). J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000;85:526-529.
13. Losa M, Mortini P, Barzaghi R, Gioia L, Giovanelli M: Surgical treatment of prolactin-secreting pituitary adenomas: early results and long-term outcome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002;87:3180-3186.
14. Nishizawa S, Oki Y, Ohta S, Yokota N, Yokoyama T, Uemura K: What can predict postoperative 'endocrinological cure' in Cushing's disease? Neurosurgery 1999;45:239-244.
15. Losa M, Giovanelli M, Persani L, Mortini P, Faglia G, Beck-Peccoz P: Criteria of cure and follow-up of central hyperthyroidism due to thyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenomas. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1996;81:3084-3090.
16. Pasquini E, Faustini-Fustini M, Sciarretta V, Saggese D, Roncaroli F, Serra D, Frank G: Ectopic TSH-secreting pituitary adenoma of the vomerosphenoidal junction. Eur J Endocrinol 2003;148:253-257.
17. Kreutzer J, Vance ML, Lopes MB, Laws ER Jr: Surgical management of GH-secreting pituitary adenomas: an outcome study using modern remission criteria. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001;86:4072-4077.
18. Ahmed S, Elsheikh M, Stratton M, Page RCL, Adams CBT, Wass JAH: Outcome of transsphenoidal surgery for acromegaly and its relationship to surgical experience. Clin Endocrinol 1999;50:561-567.
19. Gittoes NJL, Sheppard MC, Johnson AP, Stewart PM: Outcome of surgery for acromegaly - the experience of a dedicated pituitary surgeon. Q J Med 1999;92:741-745.
20. Krieger MD, Couldwell WT, Weiss MH: Assessment of long-term remission of acromegaly following surgery. J Neurosurg 2003;98:719-724.
21. Sheaves R, Jenkins P, Blackburn P, Huneidi AH, Afshar F, Medbak S, et al: Outcome of transsphenoidal surgery for acromegaly using strict criteria for surgical cure. Clin Endocrinol 1996;45:407-413.
22. Nomikos P, Buchfelder M, Fahlbusch R: Current management of prolactinomas. J Neurooncol 2001;54:139-150.
23. Tyrrel JB, Lamborn KR, Hannegan LT, Applebury CB, Wilson CB: Transsphenoidal microsurgical therapy of porlactinomas: initial outcomes and long-term results. Neurosurgery 1999;44:254-261.
24. Bochicchio D, Losa M, Buchfelder M: Factors influencing the immediate and late outcome of Cushing's disease treated by transsphenoidal surgery: a retrospective study by the European Cushing's Disease Survey Group. J Clin Endocrinol Metab Rev 1995;80:3114-3120.
25. Webb SM, Rigla M, Wagner A, Oliver B, Bartumeus F: Recovery of hypopituitarism after neurosurgical treatment of pituitary adenomas. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999;84:3696-3700.
26. Jho HD: Endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery. J Neurooncol 2001;54:187-195.
27. Ciric I, Ragin A, Baumgartner C, Pierce DB: Complications of transsphenoidal surgery: results of a national survey, review of the literature and personal experience. Neurosurgery 1997;40:225-237.
28. Semple PL, Laws ER Jr: Complications in a contemporary series of patients who underwent transsphenoidal surgery for Cushing's disease. J Neurosurg 1999;91:175-179.
29. Zada G, Kelly DF, Cohan P, Wang C, Swerdloff R: Endonasal transsphenoidal approach for pituitary adenomas and other sellar lesions: an assessment of efficacy, safety and patients impressions. J Neurosurg 2003;98:350-358.
30. Laws ER Jr: Vascular complications of transsphenoidal surgery. Pituitary 1999;2:163-170.