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  • Title: Rhinosurgical experience with the transseptal-transsphenoidal hypophysectomy: technique and long-term results.
    Author: Gammert C.
    Journal: Laryngoscope; 1990 Mar; 100(3):286-9. PubMed ID: 2308454.
    Abstract:
    Many modifications of extracranial transsphenoidal hypophysectomy exist, but knowledge of the rhinological implications of these procedures is rare. At our institution the transseptal approach is performed as a joint rhinosurgical and neurosurgical procedure. Three hundred nineteen patients were operated on from 1979 to 1984, 113 of whom had a rhinological follow-up for 5 years. Most of the complications were asymptomatic. Thirteen percent of the patients had septal perforations, 3.5% epistaxis, and 36% complained of mild dryness of the nose. An improvement in breathing was noted in 24% of the patients. There was no difference in rhinological complaints between patients who underwent the sublabial approach and those operated via a transnasal approach. Twenty percent of the patients operated on with the sublabial approach had additional temporary complaints in the upper lip; therefore, the transnasal-transseptal approach is currently our procedure of choice.
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