Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery of symptomatic Rathke′s cleft cyst in sellar region / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the clinical characteristic of Rathke′s cleft cyst and assess the effect of endoscopic en-donasal transsphenoidal surgery .Methods A retrospective research was performed on 9 patients who underwent endoscopic en-donasal transsphenoidal surgery .Neural endoscopic surgery by single nostril transsphenoidal approach ,partial resection of the cyst wall with drainage of the intracystic contents was performed in all patients .Results Symptoms in all patients were resolved or alle-viated .No CSF rhinorrhea ,permanent diabetes insipidus and hypopituitarism happened .All patients were followed up for 4 to 12 months and no recurrence was found .Conclusion Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery is a effective method for symptom-atic Rathke′s cleft cysts .