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. 2014 Oct 1;29(6):1270–1280. doi: 10.1007/s00464-014-3815-0

Table 8.

Complications from endoscopic pituitary series in literature in recent 5 years

Year N Total complication (%) Most frequent complication (%)
Berker et al. [19] 2012 570 11.3 Diabetes insipidus (4.6)
Cavallo et al. [20] 2012 59 3.4 CSF leak (1.7)
Hematoma in the tumor field (1.7)
Gondim et al. [21] 2011 301 26.9 Anterior lobe insufficiency (11.6)
De Witte et al. [22] 2011 83 36.1 Anterior lobe insufficiency (19.2)
Zada et al. [23] 2010 169 10.7 Epistaxis (3)
Diabetes insipidus (3)
Gondim et al. [29] 2010 228 13.9 CSF leak (3.1)
Charalampaki et al. [24] 2009 150 19.7 Diabetes insipidus (5.9)
Yano et al. [30] 2009 213 10.8 CSF leak (4.2)
Dehdashti et al. [7] 2008 200 9.5 CSF leak (3)
Anterior lobe insufficiency (3)
Present study 1,166 14.4 Diabetes insipidus (7)