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Nasal Outcomes Using Saline Irrigations After Endonasal Pituitary Surgery

Lori Wood

Start Date

12/18/2020

Completion Date

12/31/2029

Summary

This is a prospective, single-blinded, multicenter study evaluating the benefit of sinonasal irrigations following endoscopic pituitary surgery. The goal of this study is to create practice changing guidelines with objective data highlighting the importance of irrigations on postoperative outcomes for pituitary surgery.

Detailed Description

This prospective study, coupled with the results of the recent POET study evaluating the role of antibiotics in postoperative outcomes for pituitary surgery, will guide physicians in the optimal management of patients following endoscopic pituitary surgery. The investigator group has an established record of completing multicenter studies (e.g., POET, TRANSPHER) that have influenced clinical practice guidelines, raised the profile of Barrow in the pituitary and skull base community, and resulted in numerous peer-reviewed publications and awards.

Eligibility Criteria

Age Range: 19 years to 85 years

Inclusion criteria 1. Adult patient undergoing endoscopic surgery for resection of pituitary tumors * nonfunctioning adenoma * acromegaly * prolactinoma * Rathke's cleft cyst 2. Adults \>18 and \<85 years of age 3. English speaking and able to understand the ASK Nasal-12 and SNOT-22 scales 4. Free of any physical, mental, or medical condition which, in the opinion of the investigator, makes study participation inadvisable 5. Planned binostril surgical approach 6. Either with or without septal flap reconstruction 7. Either with or without septoplasty Exclusion criteria 1. Active sinus infection 2. Allergic rhinitis 3. Asthma 4. Vascular or inflammatory disease 5. History of previous sinonasal surgery 6. Any subject who is unwilling or unable to sign informed consent for the study 7. Pregnancy 8. Incarcerated patients 9. Cushing's disease 10. History of chronic sinusitis 11. Extended approaches to the skull base 12. Active sinusitis 13. Nasal polyps 14. Concurrent antibiotics for another indication (i.e., urinary tract infection) 15. Immunodeficiency 16. History of radiation to the skull base

Interventions

OTHER

Nasal saline irrigation

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Conditions

Pituitary Tumor

Locations

Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center

Phoenix, Arizona 85013

United States

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio 44195

United States