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  • * A study involving 49 patients with pituitary apoplexy showed that while many experienced improvement in vision and eye movement after surgery, the timing of surgery (within 3 days vs. later) did not significantly affect these outcomes.
  • * Overall, the results indicate that the timing of neurosurgical decompression for pituitary apoplexy patients may not play a crucial role in improving their visual symptoms.

Article Abstract

Pituitary apoplexy is a clinical syndrome that can cause vision loss and oculomotor (OM) deficits. Neurosurgical decompression is still considered the treatment of choice for those with visual impairment. We aim to explore the influence of timing of neurosurgical decompression on visual outcome. Multicentre retrospective study of patients presenting with pituitary adenoma and pituitary apoplexy who were operated in three Spanish tertiary hospitals between 2008 and 2022. We identified 49 patients with pituitary apoplexy with visual symptoms and were operated. Among the visual symptoms, 35 patients (73%) had visual acuity (VA) impairment and 33 (67%) had an OM nerve paresis. Twenty-three of the 35 patients improved their VA, and 24 of the 33 improved their OM nerve paresis after surgery. The median time between apoplexy to surgery was 10 days (range 0-164). Regarding visual acuity, 50% (3 out of 6) of those operated within 3 days of apoplexy showed improvement, compared to 69% (20 out of 29) of those operated beyond (p = 0.37).Regarding OM paresis, 62.5% (5 out of 8) of those operated within 3 days of apoplexy improved, compared to 76% (19 out of 25) of those operated beyond (p = 0.56).Mean apoplexy to surgery time was 18 ± 19 days in those whose VA improved (vs. 32 ± 51; p = 0.46); and mean apoplexy to surgery time for those whose OM symptoms improved was 21+/- 35 days (vs. 24 +/- 37; p = 0.86). Our results suggest that timing of neurosurgical decompression does not affect the visual outcome of patients with pituitary apoplexy.

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