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Endoscopic Endonasal Trans-sphenoidal Approach: Minimally Invasive Surgery for Pituitary Adenomas
Published on: January 17, 2018
Influence of Tumor Characteristics on Visual Field Outcomes After Pituitary Adenoma Surgery
Munekatsu Ito1, Kenji Suda, Eri Nakano
1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (MI, KS, EN, Miho Tagawa, MM, AT), and Department of Neurosurgery (Masahiro Tanji, SM), Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan; Department of Ophthalmology (MI), Kurashiki Central Hospital, Okayama, Japan; and Department of Vision Science (SK), Aichi Shukutoku University School of Health and Medical Science, Aichi, Japan.
Background:
There were few reports about the influence of tumor characteristics on the postoperative visual field outcomes after transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenoma. The purpose of this study was to explore the tumor characteristics that influenced perioperative visual field changes.
Methods:
Patients who underwent transsphenoidal surgery under a diagnosis of pituitary adenoma at the Kyoto University Hospital between April 2012 and December 2018 were retrospectively enrolled. Correlations among circumpapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness, preoperative and postoperative mean deviation (MD) of visual field, MD change after the surgery, and maximum tumor diameter were evaluated by measuring Pearson correlation coefficient. We evaluated the influences on postoperative MD using a generalized estimating equation for univariate and multivariate regression analyses. We also compared the characteristics of cystic and solid tumors.
Results:
Thirty-two eyes of 18 patients were included in this study (9 male and 9 female patients). Postoperative MD positively correlated with maximum tumor diameter only in multivariate regression {β = 0.22 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.004-0.43), P = 0.046}, although maximum tumor diameter negatively correlated with postoperative MD in univariate regression (β = -0.16 [95% CI, -0.58 to 0.26], P = 0.46). In the investigation of perioperative MD changes, eyes with cystic tumors showed significantly better improvement those with solid tumors (8.93 ± 7.85 vs 0.18 ± 6.56 dB, P = 0.007).
Conclusions:
Cystic and solid tumors show different characteristics of visual loss and visual field defects. The MD in eyes with cystic tumors improved significantly more than that in eyes with solid tumors.
