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Quality-of-life evaluation for patients submitted to nasal endoscopic surgery for resection of pituitary tumours

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Abstract

Purpose

This study aimed to evaluate the pre- and post-operative quality-of-life of patients submitted to the resection of pituitary adenoma via endoscopic transsphenoidal.

Methods

This was a prospective study on patients submitted to endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary surgery with the harvest of a nasoseptal flap who responded to the questionnaires FV-36 and SNOT-22 in the pre-operative and in months 1, 3 and 6 following the surgical procedure.

Results

A total of 42 patients submitted to pituitary adenoma resection surgery via endoscopic transsphenoidal with a nasoseptal flap were recruited. In all of the physical and mental domains (SF-36) evaluated, there was an improvement in the long-term evaluation (6 months), compared to the pre-operative, as well as in the site-specific evaluation (SNOT-22).

Conclusion

The global and site-specific questionnaires in the 6th post-operative month follow-up presented an important improvement in all the physical and mental domains evaluated, as well as in nasal function in the perception of the patients submitted to pituitary adenoma resection via endoscopic transsphenoidal, demonstrating the safety and efficiency of the procedure.

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  1. Otolaryngology Departament, Santa Casa de Misericórdia of São Paulo, R. Dr. Cesário Mota Jr, 112-Pavilhão Conde de Lara, 4º andar, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Ricardo Landini Lutaif Dolci, Lígia Tédde de Moraes, Ana Carolina Mayor de Carvalho, Jeniffer Cristina Kozechen Rickli, Jamile Lopes de Souza & Paulo Roberto Lazarini

  2. Medical Sciences College at Santa Casa de SP, São Paulo, Brasil

    Ricardo Landini Lutaif Dolci, José Viana Lima Junior, Nilza Maria Scalissi, Américo Rubens Leite dos Santos & Paulo Roberto Lazarini

  3. Neurosurgery Discipline, Surgery Departament, Santa Casa de Misericórdia of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Williams Escalante Encinas & Américo Rubens Leite dos Santos

  4. Skull Base Surgery Nucleus at Santa Casa of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Ricardo Landini Lutaif Dolci, Américo Rubens Leite dos Santos & Paulo Roberto Lazarini

  5. Endocrinology and Metabology Discipline, Santa Casa de Misericórdia of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    José Viana Lima Junior & Nilza Maria Scalissi

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Dolci, R.L.L., de Moraes, L.T., de Carvalho, A.C.M. et al. Quality-of-life evaluation for patients submitted to nasal endoscopic surgery for resection of pituitary tumours. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 278, 1411–1418 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-020-06381-1

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