• Takayuki Ishikawa, Kazuhito Takeuchi, Tetsuya Nagatani, Yuri Aimi, Eriko Tanemura, Masao Tambara, Yuichi Nagata, Jungsu Choo, and Toshihiko Wakabayashi.
• Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Department of Neurosurgery, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daini Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Electronic address: ishikawa.takayuki@h.mbox.nagoya-u.ac.jp.
• World Neurosurg. 2019 Feb 1; 122: e1202-e1210.

ObjectiveAlthough reports regarding the relationship between surgical complications and quality of life (QOL) exist, a general consensus regarding this issue is lacking. The aim of this study was to evaluate QOL after endoscopic transsphenoidal approach.MethodsWe assessed patients with sellar or parasellar lesions that were removed with endoscopic transsphenoidal approach or extended endoscopic transsphenoidal approach between January 2010 and December 2016. 36-Item Short Form Health Survey and 30-Item General Health Questionnaire QOL scores were obtained preoperatively and 1 month and 6 months postoperatively.ResultsWe analyzed 89 patients with nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma (NFPA) and 39 patients with acromegaly. Physical QOL decreased 1 month after surgery but recovered after 6 months in both groups. Mental QOL improved postoperatively compared with preoperatively. Patients with acromegaly had a worse Physical Component Summary (PCS) on 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (48.7, 28.9, and 41.0) at 6 months than patients with NFPA. The low preoperative PCS group did not improve until 6 months postoperatively. Multiple regression analysis revealed the following factors were key to postoperative QOL: age (NFPA PCS 6 months postoperatively; correlation coefficient = -0.489), preoperative Mental Component Summary (MCS) (NFPA MCS 6 months postoperatively, correlation coefficient = 0.573), body mass index (acromegaly PCS 6 months postoperatively; correlation coefficient = -0.376), preoperative PCS (acromegaly PCS 6 months postoperatively; correlation coefficient = 0.905), and preoperative MCS (acromegaly MCS 6 months postoperatively; correlation coefficient = 0.726).ConclusionsEndoscopic transsphenoidal approach can improve QOL in patients by 6 months postoperatively. In patients with acromegaly with significant QOL impairments preoperatively, surgery sometimes may be unable to normalize QOL.Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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