Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Pituitary Surgery: Evidence of an Operative Learning Curve

@article{Leach2010EndoscopicTP,
  title={Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Pituitary Surgery: Evidence of an Operative Learning Curve},
  author={Paul A Leach and Ahmed H Abou-Zeid and Tara Kearney and Julian R. E. Davis and Peter J. Trainer and Kanna Gnanalingham},
  journal={Neurosurgery},
  year={2010},
  volume={67},
  pages={1205-1212}
}
BACKGROUND:The use of the fiberoptic endoscope is a recent innovation in pituitary surgery. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the evidence of an operative learning curve after the introduction of endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery in our unit. METHODS:The first 125 patients who underwent endoscopic transnasal transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary fossa lesions between 2005 and 2007 performed by 1 surgeon were studied. Changes in a number of parameters were assessed between 2 equal 15-month time periods… 
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