Prospective Quality of Life Study in Pituitary Surgery
Prospective Quality of Life Study in Pituitary Surgery
Post-operative assessment and debridement are key components in patient care for surgery
 patients. However, a standardized protocol for management after endoscopic skull base surgery
 is unavailable. In this study, investigators will observe the effect of various follow-up
 schedules on the patient's quality of life after surgery. Patients who received surgery for
 pituitary adenoma will be placed randomly in 1 of 3 groups (short-term = follow-up in 2 weeks
 and 8 weeks after surgery; intermediate = 4 weeks and 8 weeks; long-term = 8 weeks). At each
 visit, patients will be asked to complete a packet of surveys and questionnaires that provide
 metrics on their quality of life in addition to receiving standard patient care
 (post-operative assessment and nasal debridement). Researchers hope to find that a follow-up
 schedule that has patients visiting the clinic closer to their surgery date will increase the
 patient's quality of life after surgery.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Has surgery for pituitary adenoma at UVA after May 1st, 2018

 -  Has sellar and parasellar pathology

 -  ≥ 18 years old

 -  Can complete all parts of study in English

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Extended approaches

 -  Use of naso-septal flap during the current surgical procedure

 -  Septoplasty

 -  Prior history of Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS)

 -  Prior history of sphenoidotomy

 -  < 18 years old

 -  Prisoner