Safety management in urgent endonasal trans-sphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenoma during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan – A case report

Takuya Akai*, Kunitaka Maruyama, Hiromasa Takakura, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Yoshitomo Morinaga, Satoshi Kuroda

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We report a 72-year-old woman who required urgent endonasal trans-sphenoidal surgery (eTSS) because of progressive visual field disturbance due to pituitary adenoma, in whom we conducted reverse-transcriptase-polymerase-chain-reaction (RT-PCR) for COVID-19 and chest CT before eTSS. We took care of her by following the rule for suspected infection patient, and safely completed her treatment without medical staff infection. Under COVID-19 pandemic state, essentially careful management including RT-PCR test and chest CT should be taken for the high infection risk surgeries to avoid the outbreak through the hospital. And the cost of RT-PCR test for the patients should be covered by the government budget.

Original languageEnglish
Article number100820
JournalInterdisciplinary Neurosurgery: Advanced Techniques and Case Management
Volume22
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020/12

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • Chest CT
  • Insurance
  • Pandemic
  • RT-PCR
  • Trans-sphenoidal surgery

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Surgery
  • Clinical Neurology

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