The pituitary gland is an important structure in the human brain and is the most important and complex endocrine gland in the body. It produces growth hormone and various prohormones that play an important role in human metabolism, growth, development and reproduction.
The pituitary gland is divided into two major parts: the adenohypophysis and the pituitary gland. Pituitary tumors are a group of tumors that occur from the anterior and posterior pituitary lobes and the epithelial remnants of the craniopharyngeal duct. Of course, benign tumors only mean that the tumor will not spread, infiltrate and metastasize, but they can also bring a lot of dysfunction and produce great harm, sometimes even life-threatening, and need timely treatment. Some patients ask, can pituitary tumors be cured and can they leave sequelae?
At present, except for some special types of pituitary tumors or patients with special physique for drug treatment and radiation therapy, most pituitary tumors still need to be treated mainly by surgery. As to whether pituitary tumors can be cured, whether they can leave sequelae, or whether they will recur, it depends on whether the tumor is removed cleanly and completely during the surgery, and whether other traumas, injuries, and complications occur during the surgery.
The neuroendoscopic transnasal pterygoid approach for pituitary tumor resection is the most effective way to achieve complete tumor removal with less trauma and injury, which is more advantageous than the traditional transcranial approach or transnasal microscopic surgery. Transcranial approach surgery is more invasive and has more complications, while transnasal microscopic surgery is also invasive and has a narrow field of view, which makes it difficult to remove the tumor completely. In contrast, our neuroendoscopic pituitary tumor resection through the natural nasal approach is less traumatic, does not injure brain tissue, has no external incisions, leaves no scars, bleeds very little, and basically has no complications; moreover, the tumor can be completely removed under the direct view of the open field of neuroendoscopy, achieving excellent treatment results, not easy to recur, and leaving no sequelae. It is not easy to recur and leaves no sequelae.