Patient's question:
Recently, I've often felt that my eyes aren't very comfortable, and my vision is also blurry. When I use my eyes for a long time, I feel very tired. After a thorough examination at the hospital, the doctor said it's a pituitary tumor affecting the optic nerve. I want to ask the expert if a pituitary tumor affecting the optic nerve can be cured?Doctor's answer:
The control of optic chiasm tumors requires surgery, which may lead to blindness. Surgical methods include craniotomy, transsphenoidal surgery, and gamma knife surgery. Gamma knife surgery is more effective. Currently, gamma knife technology can achieve a cure in most cases, with a very small number experiencing recurrence. Intracranial solitary or easily metastatic tumors with a diameter of less than 3.5 cm, if the symptoms are not severe, can be treated with gamma knife surgery. The control rate of gamma knife surgery for pituitary tumors is 90-95%. The majority of pituitary tumors are benign.