Alvin Onyewuenyi¹, Andrew Fishman², Andrew Chenelle³, Taras Masnyk³ and Sheri Dewan³*

¹Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Chicago, IL USA
²Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group, Department of Neurotology and Cranial Base Surgery, Winfield, IL USA
³Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group, Department of Neurosurgery, Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield, IL USA

*Corresponding Author: Sheri Dewan, Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group, Department of Neurosurgery, Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield, IL USA.

Received: October 05, 2023; Published: October 29, 2023

Abstract

Objective:This study aims to provide insight into the experiences of iMRI use in a community hospital setting and add to the growing literature of iMRi use for transsphenoidal resection of pituitary tumors.

Methods: A retrospective review of 56 patients who underwent iMRI guided transsphenoidal pituitary tumor resection at Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital (from November 2011 to April 2018) was performed.

Results: Gross total resection was found in 67% (n = 37) of patients who underwent iMRI. 33% (n = 19) did not achieve gross total resection of their pituitary mass. IMRi was used exactly one time during the case in 96% (n = 54) of patients. IMRi was used more than once during the case in 4% (n = 2) of patients. Post operative tumor residual was found in 32% (n = 6) of patients who had available post-operative MRI studies (n = 19).

Conclusions: Our study shows that iMRI can be useful in a community hospital setting to achieve gross total resection during transsphenoidal pituitary tumor resection. It also demonstrates the ability and need to utilize iMRI only one time during a case which lends itself to operative efficiency.

Keywords: Transsphenoidal; Pituitary Tumors; Intraoperative

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Citation

Citation: Sheri Dewan.,et al. “The use of Intraoperative MRI for Transsphenoidal Resection of Pituitary Tumors: A Community Hospital Experience". Acta Scientific Neurology 6.11 (2023): 36-39.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2023 Sheri Dewan.,et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.