title: [Clinical analysis of sphenoid sinusitis after transsphenoidal sellar surgery].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the possible influence factors of sphenoid sinusitis after endoscopic transsphenoidal sellar surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective analysis of 177 patients who underwent transsphenoidal sellar surgery, from January 2009 to January 2014 in Tianjin Huanhu Hospital was performed. All patients were followed up with nasal endoscope. The risk factors of sphenoid sinusitis after surgery were analyzed statistically, such as sex, age, categories of disease, surgical produres, tumor size, using artificial or self material repair, with or without EC glue intraoperatively, etc. SPSS 17.0 software was used to analyze the data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After surgery, there were 34 (19.2%) patients developed postoperative sinusitis. EC glue was the sole risk factor for postoperative sinusitis (34.57% vs 6.25%, χ(2)=22.701, P<0.01), but the sex, age, categories of disease, surgical produres, tumor size and patching material had no significant difference (all P>0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In patients with endoscopic transsphenoidal sellar surgery, regular postoperative nasal endoscopic follow-up found that the use of EC glue was the risk factor for the development of postoperative sphenoid sinusitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, Tianjin 300060, China; Email: yuhuanxin55@163.com.
authors.forename: Huanxin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, Tianjin 300060, China.
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000269:Adhesives / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000601:surgery*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000601:surgery*; D015524:Sphenoid Sinusitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000269:Adhesives