Incidence of postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leaks in endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenomas without sellar floor reconstruction: A retrospective observational study from a low-middle-income country
Sumira Kiran, Shuja Ikram, Ahtesham Khizar, Muhammad Kaleem Iftikhar, Haseeb Mehmood Qadri, Muhammad Waqas Umer, Khawar Anwar, Asif Bashir · 2024
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Sumira Kiran and co-authors count spinal fluid leaks after pituitary surgery in Lahore in a 2024 study. The surgery goes through the nose to reach tumors at the brain's base. Rebuilding the skull floor is standard in many centers; this team skipped it.
Records covered 316 patients from 2018 to 2022 at a neuroscience institute. Most tumors were large, and two thirds of patients were women with a mean age near forty-one. Leaks after surgery hit just 2.8 percent overall. Rates did not differ by sex or tumor size in any clear way. The authors conclude the floor rebuild can be safely omitted when no leak appears during surgery. The setting is a low-middle-income country, where saved steps matter.
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| CREATOR | Sumira Kiran, Shuja Ikram, Ahtesham Khizar, Muhammad Kaleem Iftikhar, Haseeb Mehmood Qadri, Muhammad Waqas Umer, Khawar Anwar, Asif Bashir |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 12 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |