Publications by authors named "Isabelle Merlot"
Purpose: Pituitary neuroendocrine tumor (PitNET), excluding prolactinoma, often requires endoscopic endonasal surgery (EES). Identifying predictive factors for complications, and particularly rare ones such as hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH) that may affect fertility, is challenging. This study investigated de-novo postoperative HH and its potential impact on fertility.
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- The study aimed to track the outcomes of patients with brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) who were managed conservatively, revealing key statistics on related morbidity and mortality over a 10-year period.
- Out of 1010 patients initially recruited, 434 were analyzed, with a majority having unruptured low-grade AVMs, demonstrating a 5% occurrence of serious outcomes and a higher risk in those with a history of rupture or older age.
- During the follow-up of approximately 3.2 years, 8% of patients experienced major intracranial hemorrhages, highlighting the ongoing risks associated with conservative management of AVMs.
Prognostic indicators in pituitary adenoma surgery: a comprehensive analysis of surgical outcomes and complications.
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)
January 2024
Objective: The primary aim of this study was to identify predictive factors associated with onset of clinically significant pituitary insufficiencies following endoscopic endonasal surgery (EES) for pituitary adenomas. The secondary objective explored the predictive factors of surgical success.
Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 211 patients who underwent EES.
Background: Ruptured basilar artery perforator aneurysms (BAPAs), defined as microaneurysms which develop in basilar perforator arteries without direct involvement of the basilar trunk, represent a rare cause of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). The diagnosis of BAPAs is difficult because of their small size, with high rates of negative angiography. The development of high-resolution MRI could increase the diagnostic performance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Purpose: Endovascular therapy is the first-line therapeutic option for intracranial aneurysms, however the results of the endovascular approach for distal anterior cerebral artery (DACA) aneurysms are not well-known. We assessed the immediate and long-term clinical and angiographic outcomes after endovascular coiling of DACA aneurysms.
Materials And Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of all consecutive DACA aneurysms treated by endovascular coiling.