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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 10.
Published in final edited form as: Neurosurgery. 2012 Jan;70(1):70–81. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31822dda2c

TABLE 6.

MRI Negative for MIA Comparison in IPBR in Patients in Whom IPSS Test Was Done and Was Positive vs Negativea,b

MRI Negative IPBR Total
No Yes
IPSS positive 1 (6.25) 15 (93.75) 16
IPSS negative 3 (100) 0 (0) 3
Total 4 15 19
a

IPBR, immediate postoperative biochemical remission; IPSS, inferior petrosal sinus sampling; MIA, microadenoma.

b

Patients with a negative MRI had a significantly greater incidence of IPBR when the IPSS test was positive, P = .004.