A Prospective Comparative Evaluation of Surgery and Conservative Treatment for Compound Depressed Skull Fractures.

Objective: The Brain Trauma Foundation issued level III evidence guidelines for surgical management of compound depressed fractures. However, some patients undergo successful conservative treatment. This study compares these 2 treatment modalities.

Suprasellar Tension Pneumatocele after Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery for Pituitary Macroadenoma.

Tension pneumatocele is a very rare but potentially fatal complication of transsphenoidal surgery that can result from an influx of air into the intracranial cavity through the cerebrospinal fluid fistula. Although transsphenoidal surgeries for pituitary adenomas are very commonly performed procedures, this complication is extremely rare. We report a case of tension pneumatocele after transsphenoidal resection of a pituitary macroadenoma.