Prevalence of sick leave before and after pituitary adenoma surgery
Authors' conclusion
Sickness compensation for patients with pituitary adenoma is mainly limited to the surgical period and the months thereafter. Sustained higher levels 1-year post-surgery suggest that work disability remains a long-term issue for a subgroup of patients.
Study context
- Population
- Working-age patients who had undergone transsphenoidal surgery (TSS) for pituitary adenoma at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden, and matched general-population controlsmatched controls 1:5
- Participants
- 66 vs 329
- Exposure
- Patients undergoing TSS for pituitary adenoma vs matched general-population controls
- Patientsn = 66
- Controlsn = 329reference
- Outcome
- Sickness compensation before and after TSS vs the general population
- Follow-up
- 1 year before TSS to up to 2 years after
Methodological detailsregister-based, matched controls (1:5) from the general population, single-centre, Sickness compensation data from national registers
- Register-based
- Matched controls (1:5) from the general population
- Single-centre
- Sickness compensation data from national registers
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Sickness compensation
- Proportion of patients with sickness compensation approximately twice that of controls 1 year prior to TSS
- Proportion of patients with sickness compensation increased until TSS and decreased thereafter, but did not return to the level 1 year prior to TSS
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Factors associated with days to return to work (RTW) after TSS
- Prior sickness compensation and Cushing's disease (small subgroup) were predictive of more days to RTW after TSS
Patients without vs with RTW 1-year post-surgery
- Patients without RTW reported more fatigue and more often had adrenal insufficiency than patients with RTW
Original publication
Prevalence of sick leave before and after pituitary adenoma surgery. Eur J Endocrinol. Published 13 August 2026. doi:10.
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