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ArticlePituitary2019

Preoperative visual evoked potential in the prediction of visual outcome after pituitary macroadenomas surgery.

Mohammad Taghvaei, Seyed Mousa Sadrehosseini, Nima Ostadrahimi, Payam Sarraf, Mehdi Zeinalizadeh

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Article in Pituitary, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Mohammad TaghvaeiDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Seyed Mousa SadrehosseiniDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Nima OstadrahimiDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Payam SarrafDepartment of Neurology, Iranian Centre of Neurological Research, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mehdi ZeinalizadehDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. mzeinalizadeh@tums.ac.ir.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRImam Khomeini Hospital · IR

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Abstract

objectiveThe purpose of the present study is to investigate longitudinal changes in Visual evoked potential (VEP) parameters as an objective test after transsphenoidal surgery, its correlation with subjective tests and clinical value of VEP in the prediction of visual outcome.

methodsFifty patients with pituitary macroadenoma who underwent surgical removal of the tumor recruited in this study. All the patients underwent ophthalmic examination, static automated perimetry (SAP), VEP and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) preoperatively and 3 months after surgery.

resultsFifty patients with pituitary macroadenoma (size: 25.1 ± 9.9 mm) were recruited in the study. Before surgery, the pattern of VEP showed a prolonged latency with reduced amplitude in eyes with abnormal visual acuity or abnormal visual field. The P100 wave latencies and amplitudes showed significant correlation with visual acuity and SAP scores. After surgery, visual acuity and visual field improvements were seen in 51% and 65.6% of eyes, respectively. Mean SAP and visual acuity scores increased significantly (p < 0.01), P100 wave latency declined and amplitude improved after surgery but not significantly. The mean age of patients, size of tumors and preoperative P100 wave latency were significantly lower in eyes with visual field and acuity improvement.

conclusionVEP is a helpful quantitative and objective complementary test to visual acuity and SAP exams for assessing pre-operative visual abnormalities and post-operative visual outcome in patients with pituitary macroadenoma.

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AdultEvoked Potentials, VisualFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedPituitary NeoplasmsPreoperative PeriodVisual AcuityVisual FieldsVisual Field TestsPituitary adenomaStandard automated perimetryTranssphenoidal surgeryVisual acuityVisual evoked potentialVisual field

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