Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery with a Layered Peel Strategy for Cushing's Disease Treatment: A Case Series.

ABSTRACT: Patients with Cushing's disease (CD) who underwent endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery (ETS) with a layered peel strategy at our center were retrospectively analyzed. Records on patients' basic characteristics, preoperative and early postoperative evaluations, perioperative complications, and follow-up were collected. A total of 12 unselected, consecutive patients with CD were identified. Ten of the twelve patients were female. All tumors were confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging, with a maximum tumor diameter ranging from 5 mm to 11 mm. A lower rate of surgical complications was identified postoperatively, with no cases of carotid artery injury, epistaxis, hematoma, visual disturbance, or intracranial infection, but with one case of cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea. Ten patients experienc

SUBMITTER: Shao C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10137193 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature