Pituitary surgery.
This article focuses on surgical indications, perioperative management, and endoscopic approaches for pituitary surgery. Also discussed are sinonasal, neurologic, and endocrine complications, which may include bleeding, sinusitis, and synechiae; cerebrospinal fluid leaks and bleeding; and diabetes insipidus and panhypopituitarism, respectively.
Carrau
R L
RL
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
Kassam
A B
AB
Snyderman
C H
CH
D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications