Table 1. General information about the included articles.
| Authors | Publication year | Literature source | Evidence type | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson et al. (12) | 2022 | UpToDate | Clinical decision | Overview of control measures for prevention of surgical site infection in adults |
| Swearingen et al. (13) | 2023 | UpToDate | Clinical decision | Transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenomas and other sellar masses |
| Susmeeta et al. (14) | 2023 | Best Practice | Clinical decision | Pituitary adenoma |
| Troyan et al. (15) | 2023 | DynaMed | Clinical decision | Surgical site infection-prevention |
| Tritos et al. (16) | 2023 | DynaMed | Clinical decision | Nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma |
| Hanna et al. (17) | 2021 | DynaMed | Clinical decision | Transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary tumors |
| Wang et al. (18) | 2023 | WOS | Guidelines | Evidence-based guideline for the prevention and management of perioperative infection |
| Ren et al. (19) | 2019 | Medlive | Guidelines | Chinese guideline for the prevention of surgical site infection |
| Moldovan et al. (20) | 2019 | WOS | Systematic review | A systematic review of prophylactic antibiotic use in endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary lesions |
| Tan et al. (21) | 2020 | WOS | Systematic review | Intraoperative lumbar drainage can prevent cerebrospinal fluid leakage during transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| Zhu et al. (22) | 2022 | Medlive | Expert consensus article | Chinese expert consensus on standardized management of cerebrospinal fluid leakage |
| Hong et al. (23) | 2020 | Wanfang | Expert consensus article | Expert consensus on skull base reconstruction techniques in endoscopic transnasal skull base surgery |
| Wang et al. (24) | 2021 | Medlive | Expert consensus article | Consensus of Chinese experts on the diagnosis and treatment of central nervous system infection in neurosurgery (2021 Edition) |
| Zhang et al. (25) | 2022 | Wanfang | Expert consensus article | Chinese expert consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of central nervous system infections after endoscopic transnasal skull base surgery |
| Wei et al. (26) | 2017 | Medlive | Expert consensus article | Consensus among experts in the diagnosis and treatment of infections in critically ill neurosurgical patients in China |
| Wang et al. (27) | 2019 | WOS | Expert consensus article | ICAR: endoscopic skull-base surgery |
WOS, Web of Science; ICAR, International Consensus Statement on Allergy and Rhinology.