Diagnostic Value of Non-Contrast CT in Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage After Endoscopic Transnasal Surgery for Sellar and Suprasellar Tumors.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to study the relationship between pneumocephalus on non-contrast CT (NCCT) and post-operative cerebrospinal fluid leakage (p-CFL) after endoscopic transsphenoidal sellar and suprasellar tumor surgeries. Data from patients who underwent endoscopic treatment for sellar or suprasellar tumors from January 2018 to March 2020 were consecutively collected and reviewed. The NCCT pneumocephalus (NP) was measured the first day after operation and the first day after the expansive sponge was extracted. p-CFL was determined according to post-operative clinical symptoms, high resolution CT and glucose test, and expert consensus. Of the 253 patients enrolled in this study, 32 (12.6%) had p-CFL. Compared with patients without p-CFL, patients with p-CFL had a higher occurrence of intra-operative

SUBMITTER: Gao W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8810488 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature