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ReviewPituitary2024

Pituitary surgery and COVID.

Ameen Farsakh, Sandra Li, Fidel Toomey, Mendel Castle-Kirszbaum, Jeremy Kam, Tony Goldschlager

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Review in Pituitary, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Ameen FarsakhDepartment of Neurosurgery, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia. Ameen.farsakh@gmail.com.
Sandra LiFaculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Fidel ToomeyDepartment of Neurosurgery, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia.
Mendel Castle-KirszbaumDepartment of Neurosurgery, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia.
Jeremy KamDepartment of Neurosurgery, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia.
Tony GoldschlagerDepartment of Neurosurgery, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An effect of the COVID-19 pandemic was the disruption of healthcare systems, especially surgical services provided to the community. Pituitary surgery was especially impacted, given the majority of cases were deemed non-urgent with very few exceptions, and the high risk of viral transmission conferred by the endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach. Patients suffering from pituitary lesions with resultant endocrinopathy or visual symptoms saw their treatment delayed or altered, which had implications on their outcomes and care. This disruption extended to surgical training and the usual functioning of academic units, necessitating changes to curricula and implementation of novel methods of progressing surgical education. This review will explore the effect of the COVID pandemic on pituitary surgery, the experiences of various surgeons as well as the adaptations implemented on the frontlines. The lessons learned from the experience of the pandemic may assist specialists in gleaning insights regarding the care of patients in the future.

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COVID-19HumansNeurosurgical ProceduresPandemicsPituitary DiseasesPituitary GlandPituitary NeoplasmsSARS-CoV-2COVID-19Endoscopic endonasal surgery (EES)NeurosurgeryPituitaryPituitary tumour

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