Journal Reviews

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Does middle turbinate resection affect olfaction in endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery?

4 September 2023 | | Rhinology / Sinus, Skull Base Surgery | endoscopic endonasal approach, endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery, middle turbinate resection, olfaction

The middle turbinates (MT) are sometimes partially resected during endoscopic transnasal transsphenoidal pituitary surgery to improve surgical access. Some outfracture the middle turbinates instead. This article presents results of the first prospective randomised study, investigating the effects of such surgery...

Paediatric pituitary surgery - is it lagging behind?

1 May 2017 | | Kids Inpatient Database, hypophysectomy, pediatric pituitary resection, pituitary surgery, transsphenoidal

Endoscopic sellar surgery, especially for adenomas, is a relatively safe, straightforward surgery with (mostly) reproducible results and few complications. However, the evolution of pituitary surgery was a long process, starting from open/transfrontal approaches all the way to transsphenoid to the...