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Endoscopic assisted transseptal transphenoidal hypophysectomy
Mallina, S1, Harvinder, S2, Rosalind, S3, Philip, R4, Gurdeep, S5, Anil, S6.
Eight patients with pituitary tumours were operated via the transseptal transphenoidal approach from April to November 2004 at Hospital Ipoh. Seven patients presented with visual disturbances while three also had endocrine abnormalities. The post-operative follow-up period was between six months to a year. There was no mortality in this series. There were no complications related to the approach, i.e. nasal or septal related. All patients with visual impairment showed improvement. Only one patient had hormonal irregularities. The endoscopic assisted transseptal approach to the sphenoid sinus for pituitary surgery was found to be easy and without sinonasal or labial complications often found with the sublabial approach.
Affiliation:
- Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Malaysia
- Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Malaysia
- Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Malaysia
- Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Malaysia
- Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Malaysia
- Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Malaysia
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