[Prevention and cure sinusitis complicated by endoscopic transnasal approach in surgical treatment of pituitary adenoma].

OBJECTIVE

To recognize the causes, methods of prevention and cure of sinusitis complicated by endoscopic transnasal approach in surgical treatment of pituitary adenomas.

METHOD

The data of 187 patients who underwent surgical treatments of pituitary adenomas through endoscopic transnasal approach were collected, and the surgical complications were analyzed.

RESULT

Endoscopic transnasal transsphenoidal approach were used successfully in 187 cases, twelve cases (6.4%) were suffered from sinusitis complication after surgery. The most frequent sinusitis complication was sphenoiditis, 9 cases (4.8%) were suffered, 2 cases (1.1%) were suffered from ethmoidal sinusitis, 1 case (0.5%) was suffered from maxillary sinusitis. Ten cases were treated with correspond medication in clinic. Two cases were ineffective with expectant treatment, and cured by second endoscopic sinusitis operation at last.

CONCLUSION

Endoscopic transnasal transsphenoidal approach offered a simple and rapid access to the sella, and also, it is a safe, valuable and efficient procedure for removing pituitary adenomas. It was obviously that timely accurate diagnosis for the sinusitis complication and comprehensive perioperative management may lead to less incidence of postoperative sinusitis complication in surgical treatment of pituitary adenomas through endoscopic transnasal approach, increase the achievement rate and improve survival quality obviously.