Background Endoscopic skull‐base surgery (ESBS) is employed in the management of
diverse skull‐base pathologies. Paralleling the increased utilization of ESBS, the literature in …

Background Inconsistent findings have been reported regarding the efficacy and safety of
endoscopic and microscopic transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenoma. This study …

Purpose Currently, endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery (ETS) and microscopic
transsphenoidal surgery (MTS) are commonly applied treatments for patients with pituitary …

OBJECT Despite the increasing application of endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for
pituitary lesions, the prognostic factors that are associated with sinonasal quality of life …

BACKGROUND: Microsurgical and endoscopic techniques are commonly utilized surgical
approaches to pituitary pathologies. There are limited data comparing these 2 procedures …

Perioperative complications after transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenomas have been
well documented in the literature; however, some complications can occur in a delayed …

Transsphenoidal resection remains the standard treatment for most pituitary adenomas.
However, the ideal surgical approach to safely access these lesions, either microsurgical or …

Objectives/Hypothesis Others have reported olfactory disturbances following endoscopic
approaches to the skull base. However, there is a lack of consensus on the extent and …

After treatment for a non-functioning pituitary adenoma (NFA) health-related quality of life
(HR-QoL) improves considerably. However, the literature about the normalization of HR-QoL …

Little is known about the long-term effects of either transnasal transsphenoidal endoscopic
approach (TTEA) or expanded endonasal approach (EEA). This study assessed the long …