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Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach for symptomatic Rathke cleft cyst: A case series

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    • Chao Tang
    • Pan Wang
    • Jie Liu
    • Haotian Jiang
    • Gang Zhang
    • Nan Wu
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    Affiliations: Department of Neurosurgery, Chongqing General Hospital, Chongqing 401147, P.R. China
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Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the surgical method by reviewing the long‑term outcomes of a series of symptomatic Rathke cleft cyst (RCC) cases. The surgical approach was the endoscopic transsphenoidal approach and the surgical strategy was intracapsular decompression, excision of cyst contents, partial excision of the cyst wall and no filling of the cyst cavity. The present study retrospectively analyzed 61 cases of symptomatic RCC treated at Chongqing General Hospital (Chongqing, China) between April 2014 and August 2021, and a detailed evaluation was performed on these cases, including clinical symptoms, imaging features, cyst location and characteristics, intraoperative conditions, postoperative outcomes, postoperative complications and long‑term follow‑up. In the three aspects of clinical symptom relief, postoperative complications and postoperative recurrence rate, this surgical method was analyzed and evaluated. The results suggested that this surgical method is safe and effective for the treatment of symptomatic RCC, which may effectively relieve symptoms and reduce postoperative complications and recurrence.
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Tang C, Wang P, Liu J, Jiang H, Zhang G and Wu N: Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach for symptomatic Rathke cleft cyst: A case series. Exp Ther Med 24: 713, 2022.
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Tang, C., Wang, P., Liu, J., Jiang, H., Zhang, G., & Wu, N. (2022). Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach for symptomatic Rathke cleft cyst: A case series. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 24, 713. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2022.11649
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Tang, C., Wang, P., Liu, J., Jiang, H., Zhang, G., Wu, N."Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach for symptomatic Rathke cleft cyst: A case series". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 24.6 (2022): 713.
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Tang, C., Wang, P., Liu, J., Jiang, H., Zhang, G., Wu, N."Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach for symptomatic Rathke cleft cyst: A case series". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 24, no. 6 (2022): 713. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2022.11649
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Tang C, Wang P, Liu J, Jiang H, Zhang G and Wu N: Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach for symptomatic Rathke cleft cyst: A case series. Exp Ther Med 24: 713, 2022.
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Tang, C., Wang, P., Liu, J., Jiang, H., Zhang, G., & Wu, N. (2022). Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach for symptomatic Rathke cleft cyst: A case series. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 24, 713. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2022.11649
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Tang, C., Wang, P., Liu, J., Jiang, H., Zhang, G., Wu, N."Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach for symptomatic Rathke cleft cyst: A case series". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 24.6 (2022): 713.
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Tang, C., Wang, P., Liu, J., Jiang, H., Zhang, G., Wu, N."Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach for symptomatic Rathke cleft cyst: A case series". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 24, no. 6 (2022): 713. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2022.11649
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