Advances in surgical approaches for refractory pituitary adenomas Review
| Authors: | Pease, M.; Cohen, M. A.; Tabar, V. |
| Review Title: | Advances in surgical approaches for refractory pituitary adenomas |
| Abstract: | Refractory pituitary adenomas are difficult to control tumors that progress through optimal surgical, medical, and radiation management. Repeat surgery is a valuable tool to reduce tumor volume for more effective radiation and/or medical therapy, and to decompress critical neurovascular structures. Advances in surgical techniques and technologies, including minimally invasive cranial approaches, intraoperative MRI suites, and cranial nerve monitoring, have improved surgical outcomes and expanded indications. Today, repeat transsphenoidal surgery has similar complications rates to upfront surgery in historical cohorts. The decision to operate on refractory adenomas should be made with multidisciplinary teams, balancing the benefit of tumor reduction with the potential for complications, including cranial nerve injury, carotid injury, and cerebrospinal fluid leak. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. |
| Keywords: | treatment outcome; pathology; adenoma; craniotomy; liquorrhea; hypophysis tumor; transsphenoidal surgery; pituitary neoplasms; humans; human; cerebrospinal fluid leak; intraoperative guidance; refractory adenoma |
| Journal Title: | Pituitary |
| Volume: | 26 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| ISSN: | 1386-341X |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Date Published: | 2023-06-01 |
| Start Page: | 293 |
| End Page: | 297 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11102-023-01318-3 |
| PUBMED: | 37115293 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | Review -- Source: Scopus |
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