Study | Study design | Patients | Number of patients with Pituitary Adenoma | Types of Pituitary Adenoma | Average size of tumour (cm) |
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Feng et al. (2019)a [18] | Case series | 42 pts with primary sellar neoplasms undergoing endoscopic TSS | 40 | Non-functioning: 32 GH-secreting: 5 Prolactinoma: 3 | Non-secretory: 2.81 ± 1.10 Secretory: 3.29 ± 1.80 Other: 1.55 ± 0.64 Overall: 2.84 ± 1.23 |
Qiao et al. (2019) [19] | Case series | 76 patients with sellar region tumour undergoing TSS (152 eyes tested) | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
Toyama et al. (2018) [20] | Case series | 20 pts undergoing endoscopic TSS (39 eyes tested) | 16 | Not reported | 2.79 (range 1.5–4.5) |
Nishimura et al. (2018) [21] | Case series | 82 pts undergoing endoscopic TSS (164 eyes tested) | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
Kurozumi et al.a (2017) [22] | Case series | 19 pts with sellar/parasellar tumours undergoing endoscopic TSS | 17 | Non-functioning: 14 GH-secreting: 3 | Not reported |
Luo et al. (2015) [23] | Case series | 46 pts undergoing cranial surgery or TSS (85 eyes tested) | 12 | Not reported | Not reported |
Kamio et al.a (2014) [7] | Case series | 33 pts with sellar or parasellar tumours undergoing TSS | 25 | Not reported | Not reported |
Houlden et al.a (2014 [9] | Case series | 10 pts undergoing TSS for tumours near optic nerve or chiasm 2 pts undergoing craniotomy for an occipital lobe tumour and glial based tumour | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
Chung et al. (2012) [24] | Case Series | 53 pts with sellar or parasellar lesions undergoing endoscopic TSS (106 eyes tested) | 37 | Not reported | Not reported |
Sasaki et al. (2010) [6] | Case Series | 100 pts at intraoperative risk of visual impairment including 28 pts with parasellar lesions (200 eyes tested) | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
Chacko et al. (1996) [25] | Cohort | 36 pts undergoing TSS for pituitary adenomas; 22 with VEP monitoring, 14 without (72 eyes tested; 44 with VEP monitoring, 28 without) | 36 | Not reported | Not reported |