| First author (year) | Study design | Country | No. of pts | Type of surgery | Male (%) | Age (year) | Tumour pathology | Macroadenoma vs. Microadenoma | NOS score |
| Rajaratnam (2020) | Retrospective | India | 222 | mTSS/eTSS | 63 | 45 | NFPA 100% | 100% vs. 0% | 6 | Schur (2020) | Retrospective | Canada | 84 | eTSS | 56 | 54.1 | N/A | 100% vs. 0% | 6 | Patel (2019) | Retrospective | USA | 367 | eTSS | 46 | 48.5 | NFPA 44%, PRL 13%, ACTH-secreting 13%, GH-secreting 4%, atypical 1%, RCC 10%, craniopharyngioma 4%, meningioma 3%, others 3% | 100% vs. 0% | 6 | Younus (2019) | Retrospective | USA | 584 | eTSS | 51 | N/A | NFPA 39%, acromegaly 21%, PRL 26%, Cushing 14% | N/A | 8 | Yoon (2019) | Retrospective | Korea | 234 | eTSS | 49 | 54.4 | NFPA 100% | N/A | 8 | Tomita (2019) | Retrospective | Japan | 107 | eTSS | 36 | 54 | NFPA 69%, GHoma 22%, Cushing 5%, PRLoma 4%, TSHoma 1% | N/A | 6 | Agam (2018) | Retrospective | USA | 1153 | mTSS/eTSS | 46 | 49.5 | NFPA 54.0%, GHoma 14.6%, PRLoma 14.1%, ACTHoma 12.2%, other 5.0% | N/A | 6 | Bohl (2018) | Retrospective | USA | 172 | mTSS/eTSS | 57 | 51.9 | NFPA 59.6%, PRLoma 14.9%, acromegaly 8.5%, Cushing 9.0%, TSHoma 0.5%, others 8.0% | N/A | 6 | Burke (2018) | Retrospective | USA | 788 | mTSS/eTSS | 45 | 47.7 | NFPA 20.3%, PRLoma 6.6%, Cushing 10.5%, acromegaly 12.3%, TSHoma 0.5%, RCC 8.9%, other 4.7% | N/A | 6 | Deaver (2018) | Retrospective | USA | 287 | mTSS/eTSS | 51 | 53 | NFPA: 15.7%, functioning: 82.9%, other: 1.4% | 85.7% vs. 14.3% | 6 | Hollon (2018) | Retrospective | USA | 400 | eTSS | 54 | 53.9 | NF 59.8%, acromegaly 22.8%, Cushing 13.0%, PRL 4.0%, TSHoma 0.5% | 84.7% vs. 15.3% | 8 | Krogh (2018) | Retrospective | UK | 314 | mTSS/eTSS | 49 | 53.1 | NFPA 40.8%, acromegaly 12.4%, Cushing 4.4%, PRL 4.5%, craniopharyngioma 6.4%, Rathke cleft cyst 6.1%, meningioma 3.2%, other 19.4% | 41% vs. 59% | 8 | Bohl (2016) | Retrospective | USA | 303 | mTSS/eTSS | 54 | 52.9 | NFPA 67.3%, acromegaly 9.9%, Cushing 7.9%, TSHoma 1.0%, PRLoma 11.9%, others 2% | N/A | 6 | Barber (2014) | Retrospective | USA | 344 | mTSS/eTSS | 45 | 48 | NFPA 66.3%, functional adenoma 16.0%, RCC 14.0% | N/A | 6 | Yamada (2014) | Retrospective | Japan | 90 | mTSS/eTSS | 48 | 42 | TSHoma 100% | 82% vs.18% | 6 | Hussain (2013) | Prospective | USA | 339 | mTSS/eTSS | 39 | 48 | NFPA 33%, Cushing 24%, PRLoma 10.5%, acromegaly 8.5%, RCC 2.9% | N/A | 6 | Mamelak (2013) | Retrospective | USA | 300 | eTSS | 43 | 51.6 | NF 50.7%, ACTHoma 4%, GHoma 13.7%, PRLoma 5.7%, RCC 10%, other 15.9% | N/A | 6 | Chen (2011) | Prospective | China | 385 | eTSS | 53 | 51 | NFPA 100% | 8% vs. 92% | 6 | Kinoshita (2011) | Retrospective | Japan | 88 | mTSS | 32 | 47.9 | NFPA 27%, GHoma 20.5%, PRLoma35.2%, FSH or LHoma 13.6%, TSHoma 3.4% | N/A | 6 | Zada (2010) | Retrospective | USA | 169 | eTSS | 54 | 44 | Acromegaly 100% | 61% vs. 39% | 6 | Lee (2008) | Retrospective | Korea | 94 | mTSS | 54 | 42.8 | NFPA 53%, PRLoma 31%, GHoma 12%, ACTHoma 4% | 10% vs. 90% | 6 | Zada (2007) | Retrospective | USA | 369 | eTSS | 46 | 48 | NFPA 50%, PRLoma 12%, GHoma 12%, Cushing 9%, RCC 9%, others 8% | 76% vs. 24% | 6 | Sata (2006) | Retrospective | Japan | 105 | mTSS/eTSS | 35 | 43 | NFPA 38%, acromegaly 25%, RCC 15%, PRLoma 12%, Cushing 2%, others 8% | 11% vs. 89% | 6 | Hensen (1999) | Retrospective | Germany | 1571 | mTSS | 43 | 44.5 | NFPA 34%, Cushing 15%, acromegaly 26%, PRLoma 22.8%, others 2.2% | 64% vs. 30% | 6 | Kelly (1995) | Retrospective | USA | 99 | mTSS | 32 | 45 | N/A | 35% vs. 64% | 6 | Taylor (1995) | Retrospective | USA | 2297 | mTSS | 36 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 6 | Sane (1994) | Prospective | Finland | 91 | mTSS | 48 | 45 | NFPA 29%, GHoma 26%, ACTHoma 20%, PRLoma 15%, gonadotropinomas 3%, others 7% | 35% vs. 65% | 6 |
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ACTHoma, adrenocorticotropic hormone-secreting adenoma; eTSS, endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery; FSH, follicular-stimulating hormone; GHoma, growth hormone-secreting adenoma; LHoma, luteinizing hormone adenoma; mTSS, microscopic transsphenoidal surgery; N/A, not applicable; NFPA, nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma; NOS, Newcastle-Ottawa Scale; PRLoma, prolactinoma; RCC, Rathke's cleft cysts; TSHoma, thyroid-stimulating hormone-secreting adenoma.
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