Endoscopic endonasal lateral transellar approach for growth hormone-secreting adenomas with cavernous sinus invasion: Technical note and surgical results.

Neurocirugía
Juan Luis Gómez-AmadorDavid Antonio Guerrero-López

Abstract

Cavernous sinus (CS) invasion is found in 15-20% of pituitary adenomas; it represents a poor prognosis factor and a surgical challenge even in experienced pituitary centers. We present our experience and technical note description for surgical management of pituitary adenomas with CS invasion in acromegaly by the transsellar lateral approach with an endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal route. prospective case series of patients who underwent endoscopic endonasal surgery for Growing Hormone (GH) producing adenomas with CS invasion treated at the Neurosurgery departments of National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery in Mexico City, and of Toluca Medical Center of Social Security Institute of the State of Mexico and Provinces between January 2014 and March 2019. Thirty-two of 94 patients with diagnosis of pituitary adenoma treated at our institutions (34%) had acromegaly; thirteen of patients with acromegaly diagnosis met the inclusion criteria for CS invasion. Postoperative images reported gross total resection in 10 patients (76.9%). Mean follow-up time was 28.3 months. Remission criteria were achieved in nine patients (69.2%), with one of these patients (11.1%) having recurrence during follow up. All patients with no bioc...Continue Reading

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