Analysis of the impact of a rhinologist-assisted endoscopic approach on a single neurosurgeon's outcomes in transsphenoidal resection of pituitary adenomas.

Objectives: Determine the improvements in outcomes of transsphenoidal pituitary adenoma resection following addition of a skull base rhinologist to the neurosurgical team.

Design: All patients that underwent transsphenoidal resection of pituitary adenoma were identified. Demographic data, Otolaryngology (ENT) involvement, initial adenoma size, extent of resection, hormonal secretion status, visual field exam, post-operative DI, CSF leak, recurrence, need for nasoseptal flap (NSF), re-operation rate were all collected.

Seizures following surgery for supratentorial extratemporal low-grade tumors in children: a multicenter retrospective study.

Objective: Resection of brain tumors may lead to new-onset seizures but may also reduce seizure rates in patients presenting with seizures. Seizures are seen at presentation in about 24% of patients with brain tumors. For lesional epilepsy in general, early resection is associated with improved seizure control.

Local therapy to distant metastatic sites in stage IV rhabdomyosarcoma.

Purpose: To determine the impact of surgery and/or radiation therapy on distant metastatic sites (DMS) in children with stage IV rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS).

Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted on all patients with stage IV RMS at Texas Children's Hospital from 1992 to 2012. Data analyzed included age, gender, primary site, histologic subtype, number and sites of metastases, treatment including local therapy to DMS, and Oberlin score.