Andrew S Little, Michael Karsy, James J Evans, Won Kim, Donato R Pacione, Albert H Kim, Paul A Gardner, Benjamin K Hendricks, Christina E Sarris, Ildiko E Torok, Trevor M Low, Tomiko A Crocker, Benita Valappil, Mridu Kanga, Hussein Abdallah, Sarah Collopy, Juan C Fernandez-Miranda, Vera Vigo, Vladimir A Ljubimov, Gabriel Zada, Norman E Garrett, William Delery, Kevin C J Yuen, Robert C Rennert, William T Couldwell, Julie M Silverstein, Varun R Kshettry, Michael R Chicoine
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To address the lack of a multicenter pituitary surgery research consortium in the United States, we established the Registry of Adenomas of the Pituitary and Related Disorders (RAPID). The goals of RAPID are to examine surgical outcomes, improve patient care, disseminate best practices, and facilitate multicenter surgery research at scale. Our initial focus is Cushing disease (CD). This study aims to describe the current RAPID patient cohort, explore surgical outcomes, and lay the foundation for future studies addressing the limitations of previous studies...
March 5, 2024: Neurosurgery