OBJECTIVE: To explore the anesthesia selection in resection of pituitary neoplasms by endoscopic transnasal sphenoidal approach. METHOD: Fifty-six cases with pituitary tumor underwent transnasal sphenoidal endoscopic surgery . Among the 56 cases, 8 cases accepted general anesthesia and 48 cases accepted local anesthesia and sedation. RESULT: All patients had no complains of surgery. 48 cases who accepted local anesthesia and sedation were completed surgery successfully, without graining and struggling during the operation. CONCLUSION: Local anesthesia and sedation is a simple, safe and good selection for resection of pituitary neoplasms by endoscopic transnasal sphenoidal approach.
OBJECTIVE: To explore the anesthesia selection in resection of pituitary neoplasms by endoscopic transnasal sphenoidal approach. METHOD: Fifty-six cases with pituitary tumor underwent transnasal sphenoidal endoscopic surgery . Among the 56 cases, 8 cases accepted general anesthesia and 48 cases accepted local anesthesia and sedation. RESULT: All patients had no complains of surgery. 48 cases who accepted local anesthesia and sedation were completed surgery successfully, without graining and struggling during the operation. CONCLUSION: Local anesthesia and sedation is a simple, safe and good selection for resection of pituitary neoplasms by endoscopic transnasal sphenoidal approach.