title: Precise location of sellar floor of patients with different saddle forms for pituitary surgery through unilateral endonasal transsphenidal approach.
abstract: Our study aims to illustrate the precise location of sellar floor of patients with different saddle forms for pituitary surgery through unilateral endonasal transsphenoidal approach, by measuring 2 angles and 2 distances. One hundred thirty-three (74 men and 59 women) participated in this study anonymously. Results are as follows: the differences of distances 1, 2, and 3 were statistically significant in comparison of saddle forms (P < 0.05), whereas angles 1 and 2 have no significance. And similar results are also shown in the elderly group and the women. For men, only distance 2 in these parameters was statistically significant. Consequently, we should pay attention to the patients, saddle forms, ages, and sexes, especially for distances 1 and 2 and distance 3 before the surgery, which can help to locate the sellar floor precisely and determine the operable range for patients with different saddle forms.
authors.affiliation: From the *Norman Bethune College of Medicine, Jilin University; †Changchun University of Traditional Chinese Medicine; ‡Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University; and §Department of the Human Anatomy, Norman Bethune College of Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China.
authors.forename: Sirui
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhuo
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Qinmei
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Kailiang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Youqiong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery*