Effect of Intraoperative Lumbar Drainage on Gross Total Resection and Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak Rates in Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery of Pituitary Macroadenomas

摘要

OBJECTIVE: We sought to assess whether controlled, intraoperative lumbar drainage (ID) of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) could facilitate resection of pituitary macroadenomas and reduce the rate of CSF leak.