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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2018 Jan 6;160(5):1005–1021. doi: 10.1007/s00701-017-3438-z
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(“Pituitary Neoplasms”[Mesh] OR “Pituitary Neoplasms/surgery”[Mesh] OR Pituitary Neoplasms[TW] OR Pituitary Neoplasm[TW] OR Neoplasm, Pituitary[TW] OR Neoplasms, Pituitary[TW] OR Pituitary Tumors[TW] OR Pituitary Tumor [TW] OR Tumor, Pituitary[TW] OR Tumors, Pituitary[TW] OR Adenoma, Pituitary[TW] OR Adenomas, Pituitary[TW] OR Pituitary adenoma [TW] OR Pituitary Adenomas[TW] OR Macroadenoma [TW] OR Microadenoma [TW] OR Pituitary Microadenoma [TW]) And (“Neuroendoscopy”[Mesh] OR “Neuroendoscopes”[mesh] OR Neuroendoscopy [TW] OR Neuroendoscope*[TW] OR “Neuroendoscopy/adverse effects”[Mesh]
OR “Neuroendoscopy/methods”[MAJOR] OR “Neuroendoscopes”[MAJOR] OR trans-sphenoidal[tw] OR Transsphenoidal [tw] OR Transnasal endoscopic resection [TW] OR TER [TW] OR Transsphenoidal pituitary surgery[TW] OR Transsphenoidal endoscopic surgery [TW] OR endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery [TW] OR endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal [TW] OR nasal endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery [TW] OR ETSS [tw] OR trans-nasal [TW] OR Transsphenoidal microscopic surgery [TW] OR microscopic transsphenoidal surgery [TW] OR MTS [TW]OR microscopic endonasal transsphenoidal [TW] OR MTSS [TW] OR micro-surger*[TW] OR microsurger* [TW] OR “Cerebral Revascularization”[Mesh] OR “Microsurgery”[Mesh:NoExp])
AND (“neoplasm, residual”[MeSH] OR residual neoplasm [Text Word] OR residual tumor [tw] OR residual cancer [tw] OR GROSS TUMOR RESECTION [TW] OR “Length of Stay”[Mesh] OR length of stay [tw] OR “perioperative period”[MeSH Terms] OR perioperative period [Text Word] OR “postoperative complications”[MeSH] OR postoperative complication*[Text Word] OR complication rate[tw])
Embase
exp hypophysis tumor/su [Surgery] OR Pituitary Neoplasms.ti,ab,tw. OR Pituitary Tumors.ti,ab,tw.OR Pituitary adenoma.ti,ab,tw. OR exp hypophysis adenoma/OR Pituitary Microadenoma.ti,ab,tw. OR Pituitary Adenomas.ti,ab,tw. OR exp microadenoma/su [Surgery] OR microadenoma.ti,ab,tw. OR exp adenoma/su [Surgery] OR Macroadenoma.ti,ab,tw. AND Exp neuroendoscopy/OR neuroendoscopy.ti,ab,tw. OR Neuroendoscopic surgery.tw
OR neuroendoscopic procedure.tw. OR neuroendoscope.tw. OR neuroendoscopes.tw OR neurological Procedure.tw. OR exp transsphenoidal surgery/OR transsphenoidal
surgery.ti,ab,tw. OR Transsphenoid surgery.tw. OR transsphenoidal treatment.tw. OR Transsphenoidal microscopic surgery.ti,ab,tw. OR Transsphenoidal endoscopic surgery.ti,ab,tw. OR Microscopic transsphenoidal surgery.ti,ab,tw. OR Endoscopic Transsphenoidal surgery.ti,ab,tw. OR Microscopic endonasal transsphenoidal.ti,ab,tw. OR Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal.ti,ab,tw. OR Nasal endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery.ti,ab,tw. OR endoscopic neurosurgery.ti,ab,tw. AND
Gross tumor resection.ti,ab,tw OR exp perioperative period/OR Peri-operative
period.ti,ab,tw OR Complication Rate.ti,ab,tw OR postoperative complications.ti,ab,tw OR exp Postoperative Complication/OR Length of Stay.ti,ab,tw. OR exp Length of stay.
Cochrane
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CCTR)
  1. “Pituitary adenoma” (Title, abstract, keywords) And Endoscopic Transsphenoidal surgery (Title, abstract, keywords) OR Microscopic Transsphenoidal surgery (Title, abstract, keywords)

  2. “Pituitary adenoma” (Title, abstract, keywords) And Endoscopic Transsphenoidal surgery (Title, abstract, keywords)

    OR Microscopic Transsphenoidal surgery (Title, abstract, keywords And “outcome”


Cochrane database for SR
  1. Endoscopic Transsphenoidal surgery (Title, abstract, keywords) OR Microscopic Transsphenoidal surgery (Title, abstract, keywords)

    AND gross tumor resection (KEYWORS) “Pituitary adenoma” (Title, abstract, keywords) And Endoscopic Transsphenoidal surgery (Title, abstract, keywords) OR Microscopic Transsphenoidal surgery (Title, abstract, keywords

  2. “Pituitary adenoma” (Title, abstract, keywords) And Endoscopic Transsphenoidal surgery (Title, abstract, keywords) OR Microscopic Transsphenoidal surgery (Title, abstract, keywords And “outcome”


Cochrane Methodology Register
  • Endoscopic Transsphenoidal surgery (Title, abstract, keywords) OR Microscopic Transsphenoidal surgery (Title, abstract, keywords)

  • AND gross tumor resection (keywords) “Pituitary adenoma” (Title, abstract, keywords) And Endoscopic Transsphenoidal surgery (Title, abstract, keywords) OR Microscopic Transsphenoidal surgery (Title, abstract, keywords) And “outcome”