Transsphenoidal decompression of the optic nerve and chiasm
- 1 June 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG) in Journal of Neurosurgery
- Vol. 46 (6), 717-722
- https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1977.46.6.0717
Abstract
A review of recent experience with transsphenoidal surgery for lesions in and about the sella turcica establishes the value of this approach for the management of patients with visual loss. The lesions encountered consisted of pituitary adenoma in 45 cases, craniopharyngioma in 10 cases and miscellaneous tumors involving the sella in the remaining 7 cases. Sixty of the 62 patients in this series had quantitative determination of preoperative and postoperative visual status. After surgery, vision was improved in 81%, unchanged in 11% and worse in 5%. Two patients (3%) died during the immediate postoperative period before their visual status could be evaluated.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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