Visual Outcome After Transsphenoidal Surgery for Pituitary Macroadenoma (RetroADEN)

Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild

Status: Completed

Conditions: Optic Chiasm Disorder; Pituitary Tumor

Treatments: Procedure: Endonasal transsphenoidal pituitary tumor removal

Study type: Observational

Funder types: NETWORK

Identifiers

NCT03363126

CE_20160404_1_WEI

Details and patient eligibility

About

Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery is a procedure for the treatment of pituitary macroadenomas that cause visual impairment through optic chiasm compression. The aim of this retrospective study is to describe visual outcome after this procedure.

Enrollment: 88 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pituitary tumor causing optic chiasm compression (documented on MRI or CT-scan)
• Visual impairment caused by chiasm compression
• Treatment by transsphenoidal endonasal surgery
• Treatment in the Rothschild Foundation (Paris) between 2009 and 2013

Exclusion criteria

• Ophtalmologic condition other than optic chiasm compression