title: Transnasal Transsphenoidal Surgical Method in Pediatric Pituitary Adenomas.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the clinical outcome in a 13-year consecutive series of children operated for pituitary adenomas with transnasal transsphenoidal surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  All patients <18 years who were operated on at our center by transsphenoidal surgery for pediatric pituitary adenomas were included in the study. Clinical features, hormonal profile, radiology, surgical approach, results and complications were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eighteen patients (90%) had functional pituitary adenomas and 2 (10%) patients had nonfunctional pituitary adenoma. The most common type was prolactin-secreting adenoma (n = 12), followed by corticotropinoma (n = 4), growth hormone-secreting adenoma (n = 2), and nonfunctioning adenoma (n = 2). Prolactin-secreting adenomas in children occurred more commonly with suprasellar expansion than did other adenomas.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Transsphenoidal surgery was effective for decompression of suprasellar extension and relieved the chiasmal compression immediately. Prolactin-secreting tumors required postoperative medical therapy for persistently elevated prolactin levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey.
authors.forename: M Özgür
authors.initials: MÖ
authors.lastname: Taşkapılıoğlu
authors.forename: Selcuk
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yilmazlar
authors.forename: Erdal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eren
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tarım
authors.forename: Tuğba Moralı
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Güler
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000601:surgery*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000601:surgery*