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. 2025 Apr 1;28(4):487-495.
doi: 10.1227/ons.0000000000001319. Epub 2024 Dec 4.

Suprasellar Anterior-Posterior Diameter Optimizes the Use of Intraoperative MRI in Patients Undergoing Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery

Cathal John Hannan  1 , Christina Daousi  2 , Mark Radon  3 , Catherine E Gilkes  1
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Suprasellar Anterior-Posterior Diameter Optimizes the Use of Intraoperative MRI in Patients Undergoing Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery

Cathal John Hannan et al. Oper Neurosurg. .

Abstract

Background and objectives: Intraoperative MRI (iMRI) has been demonstrated to improve the extent of resection of pituitary neuroendocrine tumors resected using endoscopic endonasal approaches. We sought to establish if preoperative clinicoradiological parameters could be used to predict which patients are most likely to benefit from iMRI and thus allow more efficient use of this technology.

Methods: A prospectively maintained surgical database of all endoscopic pituitary tumor resections with iMRI guidance performed between May 2017 and September 2023 was accessed. Data were collected on clinical and radiological parameters that may predict reintervention after iMRI. Logistic regression models were constructed to assess the relationship between predictor variables and reintervention after iMRI.

Results: Seventy-three patients were included in the study. After review of the iMRI, 24/73 (33%) patients underwent surgical reintervention. The combined rate of gross total resection/near total resection was 64/73 (88%). The rate of biochemical cure of endocrine disease after surgery for a hormonally active tumor was 15/21 (71%). On univariate logistic regression analysis, the only factor significantly associated with reintervention after iMRI was the suprasellar anterior-posterior diameter (odds ratio 1.1, 95% CI 1.01-1.2, P = .030).

Conclusion: Suprasellar anterior-posterior diameter ≥15 mm predicts the requirement for reintervention after endoscopic resection of pituitary neuroendocrine tumor. Use of this easily obtained radiological parameter will allow iMRI to be used in those patients who are most likely to benefit.

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