Open AccessThe role of multimodal navigation in endoscopic endonasal surgery for giant pituitary adenomas
Author(s) -
Chen Yang,
Jiarui Zhang,
Jianzhong Li,
Nan Wu,
Jing Dong
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
gland surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.643
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2227-8575
pISSN - 2227-684X
DOI - 10.21037/gs.2019.11.06
Subject(s) - medicine , pituitary adenoma , diabetes insipidus , cerebrospinal fluid leak , surgery , adenoma , pituitary tumors , endoscopic endonasal surgery , cerebrospinal fluid , skull
Giant pituitary adenoma (GPA) (diameter >40 mm) remains challenging to treat, and the radical resection rate is low. The intraoperative multimodal navigation is sometimes used in endoscopic endonasal surgery (EES). However, the effect of this technique on GPA surgical outcomes is not clear. This study aims to explore the surgical and clinical outcomes of the navigation used in EES for GPA.