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Vol. 14. Issue 6.
Pages 512-516 (January 2003)
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Vol. 14. Issue 6.
Pages 512-516 (January 2003)
Cirugía endoscópica nasal de procesos selares
Endoscopic nasal surgery in sellar tumors
F. Muñoz del Castillo
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fmdelcastillo@cordoba.sytes.net

Correspondencia postal: Francisco Servicio de ORL. Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía. Avda Menéndez Pidal s/n. 14004 Córdoba.
, A. Jurado-Ramos, P. López-Villarejo
Servicios de ORL. Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía. Córdoba
A. De la Riva-Aguilar*
* Servicios de Neurocirugía. Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía. Córdoba
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Los grandes avances realizados en instrumental quirúrgico han revolucionado la cirugía, permitiendo el abordaje de la hipófisis de forma mínimamente invasiva, por medio de la endoscopia, a través de la cavidad nasal por el seno esfenoidal.

En nuestro estudio analizamos los resultados quirúrgicos de 20 pacientes intervenidos de tumores selares mediante abordaje endoscópico transseptal transesfenoidal desde Marzo de 1999 hasta Junio de 2002 en nuestro hospital. La edad media de los pacientes fue de 45,6 años, siendo la mayoría mujeres. 6 de los casos fueron adenomas no secretores (30%) y otros 6 casos acromegalia, seguido de enfermedad de Cushing (25%) y prolactinoma (10%).

No existieron incidencias intraoperatorias, destacando como complicaciones postquirúrgicas, la aparición de diabetes insípida en 2 casos (10%) y un solo caso de fístula de LCR. 2 pacientes están actualmente en tratamiento hormonal sustitutivo por panhipopitui-tarismo. El resto han presentado buena evolución, sin recidivas, normalizándose los niveles hormonales.

Palabras clave:
Transseptal transesfenoidal
Adenoma selar
Tumores pituitarios
Hipofisectomía
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The advances in endoscopy have improved the approach to the sellar región throught nasal cavity. We studied 20 patients with pituitary adenomas operated on using an endoscope through nasal cavity with trans-septal-trassphenoidal approach during the last two years. Average age was 45,6 years, and 75% were fema-les. 30% of the patients had non functioning adenomas, 30% acromegaly, 25% Cushing's disease and 10% prolactinomas. No complications occurred during surgery. The more common complications were diabetes insipidus (two cases) and CSF leak (one case). Two patients needed hormonal treatment because panhypo-pituitarism. No patients developed septal perforation, nasal deformity, epistaxis, meningitis, lip numbness or oronasal fistula.

Key words:
Transseptal transsphenoidal
Sellar adenoma
Pituitary tumors
Hypophysectomy

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