Clinical predictors of postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leakage following endoscopic endonasal surgery for pituitary neuroendocrine tumors: a retrospective cohort study.

BMC Neurol · 2026 · PMC13069808 · PMID 41787328

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ACTH-secreting pathology demonstrated a trend towards association but did not reach statistical significance (OR 4.76; 95% CI 0.89–25.36; P = 0.068).

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In our study, ACTH-secreting adenomas showed a trend towards association with postoperative failure ( OR 4.76; 95% CI 0.89–25.36; P = 0.068), with a leakage rate of 30.0% (3/10 cases) although this did not reach strict statistical significance.

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