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Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Resection of Pituitary Adenomas in Patients Presenting With Monocular Blindness.

David GomezStephanie CheokJeffrey J FengRyan ChungDhiraj J PangalJacob J RuzevickKimberly K GokoffskiMark S ShiroishiBozena B WrobelJohn D CarmichaelGabriel Zada
Published in: Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) (2024)
This is the first series of EETA outcomes in patients with higher-risk PA with monocular blindness on presentation. In these extensive lesions, vision remained stable for most without further decline and improvement from monocular blindness was observed in a small subset of patients with no light perception and relative afferent pupillary defect. Timing from vision loss to surgical intervention seemed to be associated with improvement. From a surgical perspective, caution is warranted to protect remaining vision and we conclude that EETA is safe in the management of these patients.
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