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• TITLE: Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery for Pituitary Adenoma. Early Experience in Sohag University Hospitals

  AUTHORS: Karam Kenawy, Ahmed Ismail, Ibrahim Rezk, Abdin K. Kasim

  KEYWORDS: Endoscopic Surgery, Endonasal, Pituitary Adenoma, Transsphenoidal, Outcome, Complications

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Modern Neurosurgery, Vol.11 No.3, July 23, 2021

  ABSTRACT: Objective: To report the results of our first series of patients undergoing a purely endoscopic endonasal approach for pituitary surgery in Sohag University Hospitals. Patients and Methods: We reviewed 20 consecutive patients during the period from January 2017 to January 2020 with pituitary adenoma who underwent purely endoscopic transsphenoidal resection of their lesions. The patients’ clinical outcomes, degrees of tumor removal, and complications were reported. Results: There were 18 primary and 2 recurrent adenomas (19 nonfunctioning and 1 functioning GH secreting adenoma). The average degree of gross total removal for tumors was 70%, C.S.F leak occurred in 20%, diabetes insipidus in 10% and sellar hemorrhage in 5%. There was no post-operative mortality, vascular injury, sphenoiditis, septal perforation, epistaxis or general complication. Conclusion: A purely endoscopic approach for pituitary adenoma treatment is a safe and effective alternative to the traditional microscopic procedure.