Our department, according to the actual COVID-19 protocol national guidelines, has suspended elective procedures and reviewed our criteria of prioritization [21]. Accordingly, we retain that a pituitary/skull base procedure can be considered non-deferrable upon the presence ofpituitary apoplexy associated with neurological defects;
tumors with massive suprasellar and/or supradiaphragmatic component with CSF circulation obstacle and/or hydrocephalus and/or intracranial hypertension signs;