Endocrine and surgical outcomes after medial cavernous sinus wall resection for functioning pituitary adenomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Luis O. Vargas, Vratko Himic, Vagif Kazimli, Adonicah Cummings, Daniel Kreatsoulas, Arman Jahangiri, Daniel M. Aaronson, Ashish H. Shah, Ricardo J. Komotar, Michael E. Ivan, Zachary C. Gersey · 2026
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Vargas and ten co-authors pool studies from 2026 on a skull-base surgery step for hormone-secreting pituitary tumors. Such tumors often invade the wall of a nearby sinus, which blocks full cure. Removing that wall on purpose is a newer, targeted step. The team merged thirteen studies with 493 patients to weigh remission, removal, relapse, and harm.
Hormone remission reached about eighty-five percent and full removal about ninety-two percent, with relapse near six percent. Rates varied a bit by hormone type. Serious harms were rare, though most studies carried bias risk from their design. Follow-up was short, so longer tracking is needed.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Luis O. Vargas, Vratko Himic, Vagif Kazimli, Adonicah Cummings, Daniel Kreatsoulas, Arman Jahangiri, Daniel M. Aaronson, Ashish H. Shah, Ricardo J. Komotar, Michael E. Ivan, Zachary C. Gersey |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |