Analysis of factors affecting visual field recovery following surgery for pituitary adenoma.

The prognosis for visual field recovery is favorable for patients who have a short period from symptom onset to surgery, a higher MD value of preoperative VF, and a thicker peripapillary temporal RNFL thickness. Therefore, the preoperative MD, temporal RNFL thickness, and the symptom period can be predictive variables affecting postoperative visual field recovery.