The treatment of Cushing's disease

R Pivonello, M De Leo, A Cozzolino… - Endocrine …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Cushing's disease (CD), or pituitary-dependent Cushing's syndrome, is a severe
endocrine disease caused by a corticotroph pituitary tumor and associated with increased …

Expanded endonasal approach: the rostrocaudal axis. Part I. Crista galli to the sella turcica

A Kassam, CH Snyderman, A Mintz, P Gardner… - Neurosurgical …, 2005 - thejns.org
Object Transsphenoidal approaches have been used for a century for the resection of
pituitary and other sellar tumors. More recently, the standard endonasal approach has been …

Invasion of the cavernous sinus space in pituitary adenomas: endoscopic verification and its correlation with an MRI-based classification

ASG Micko, A Wöhrer, S Wolfsberger, E Knosp - Journal of neurosurgery, 2015 - thejns.org
OBJECT An important prognostic factor for the surgical outcome and recurrence of a pituitary
adenoma is its invasiveness into parasellar tissue, particularly into the space of the …

Autoimmune hypophysitis

P Caturegli, C Newschaffer, A Olivi… - Endocrine …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Autoimmune (lymphocytic) hypophysitis is a rare disease that should be considered in the
differential diagnosis of any nonsecreting pituitary mass, especially when occurring during …

Graded repair of cranial base defects and cerebrospinal fluid leaks in transsphenoidal surgery

F Esposito, JR Dusick, N Fatemi… - Operative …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: A graded approach to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak repair after
transsphenoidal surgery is presented. METHODS: Patients undergoing endonasal tumor …

Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery

P Cappabianca, LM Cavallo, E De Divitiis - Neurosurgery, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Abstract THE ENDOSCOPIC ENDONASAL TRANSSPHENOIDAL approach is a minimally
invasive surgical technique for the removal of sellar and parasellar lesions. The procedure is …

Endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for acromegaly: remission using modern criteria, complications, and predictors of outcome

JA Jane Jr, RM Starke, MA Elzoghby… - The Journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Context: Despite the growing application of endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery (ETSS),
outcomes for GH adenomas are not clearly defined. Objective: We reviewed our experience …

Pure endoscopic endonasal approach for pituitary adenomas: early surgical results in 200 patients and comparison with previous microsurgical series

AR Dehdashti, A Ganna, K Karabatsou, F Gentili - Neurosurgery, 2008 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to report the results of a consecutive series of
patients undergoing pituitary surgery using a pure endoscopic endonasal approach and to …

Complications of endoscopic surgery of the pituitary adenomas: analysis of 570 patients and review of the literature

M Berker, DB Hazer, T Yücel, A Gürlek, A Cila, M Aldur… - Pituitary, 2012 - Springer
Endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery is emerging as a minimally invasive and maximally
effective procedure for pituitary adenomas. In this report we analyzed the complications in …

Endoscopic vs microsurgical transsphenoidal surgery for acromegaly: outcomes in a concurrent series of patients using modern criteria for remission

RM Starke, DMS Raper, SC Payne… - The Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Context: It is unclear whether endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery (ETSS) or microsurgical
transsphenoidal surgery (MTS) is a superior surgical approach for pituitary adenomas …