Roya Nazarian Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Nose, Neck Surgery, Oral cancer, Skull, Eye vision
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
Working at Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, Place of living is USA. Subjects of Specialization are Nose, Neck Surgery, Oral cancer, Skull, Eye vision.
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Author(s): Anthony Yang, Sean Mckee, Katelyn Stepan, Neeraja Konuthula, Roya Nazarian, Maximiliano Sobrero, Alok Saini, Kalmon D Post and Alfred Marc C Iloreta
Objective: Sphenoid sinus mucocele is a rare complication of transsphenoidal surgery and can present clinically many years after the initial surgery. Although the formation of sphenoid sinus mucocele has been previously described in the literature as case reports, there is no information demonstrating the incidence of sphenoid sinus mucocele after sphenoid obliteration in a large series. This study aims to determine the incidence of sphenoid sinus mucocele formation and other postoperative complications following transsphenoidal surgery with fat obliteration.
Methods: A retrospective review was performed of patients who underwent sphenoid obliteration with fat after Transsphenoidal approach for pituitary adenoma by two surgeons at our institutio... view moreĀ»