Abstract：
:The endoscopic technique is increasingly being used for the resection of pituitary adenomas. Its efficacy and safety have been generally accepted, but its impact on the quality of life of the patients treated has not been previously addressed. Most of the studies assessing the quality of life after long-term cure of pituitary adenomas suggest a significantly impaired quality of life (QoL) in all subgroups of pituitary tumours. In our study we analyse QoL data following endoscopic surgery, and attempt comparisons with normative and data from standard approaches. The validated health questionnaire SF-36 was sent to 80 patients who had undergone pure endoscopic resection of a pituitary adenoma. Fifty-four patients returned the completed questionnaire. Outcomes were compared with normative data for the Short Form-36 (SF-36) Heath survey for the general Canadian population. We also compared the results amongst different types of adenomas. We attempted a comparison to previous studies on quality of life for patients who underwent conventional trans-sphenoidal surgery. Our study suggests only minimal impairment of quality of life in patients after successful treatment of pituitary adenomas using the endoscopic approach. There were only very few differences in the perceived quality of life within the different subgroups of adenomas. There was a trend to improved scores in the endoscopic group compared with previous studies in patients treated by conventional approaches. Whilst our data suggest minimal impact on the quality of life for patients after endoscopic removal of pituitary adenomas, further studies with larger number of patients and longer follow-up are required to encourage this finding.
journal_name
Br J Neurosurgjournal_title
British journal of neurosurgeryauthors
Karabatsou K,O'Kelly C,Ganna A,Dehdashti AR,Gentili Fdoi
10.1080/02688690802220379subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-10-01 00:00:00pages
630-5issue
5eissn
0268-8697issn
1360-046Xpii
901407154journal_volume
22pub_type
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/02688697.2020.1812519
更新日期：2020-09-17 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery
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doi：10.1080/02688699646952
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journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3109/02688699108998477
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journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/02688697.2020.1789556
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journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/02688697.2020.1726285
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journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3109/02688697.2016.1161172
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journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/02688697.2018.1538481
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journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3109/02688698909002840
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journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/02688699646853
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journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3109/02688698808992672
更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/02688690050175283
更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3109/02688697.2013.829562
更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/02688697.2017.1406451
更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3109/02688698709023774
更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3109/02688697.2013.771729
更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3109/02688697.2011.584984
更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/02688699943547
更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery
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doi：10.1080/02688699650040539
更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
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journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery
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doi：10.1080/02688699943709
更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00
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