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TESSPAIN evaluates TSS outcomes in Spanish centers to assess the influence of surgical volume and specialized neurosurgical teams on success and complication rates.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A retrospective, nationwide, study of Spanish centers performing TSS between January 2018 and December 2022. Centers were classified as high volume (HV) [n=11, defined as centers with recognized expertise in Spain or those performing more than 25 TSS\/year] or non-HV. Data collection included surgical success rates, complications, and pituitary adenoma resectability (R-PA). Additional analyses evaluated the impact of dedicated neurosurgical teams (DNT) within HV centers.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 2815 TSS from 29 Spanish centers were included (1421 NSPA, 436 GH-secreting, 323 Cushing\u2019s disease, 127 PRL-secreting and 25 TSH-secreting PA). The overall success rate was 50.5%, 76.8% for R-PA. HV centers had a higher overall success rate (53.1 vs. 47.7%; p=0.03). Better TSS outcomes for NSPA accounted for this difference. The overall TSS complication rate was 22.1%, which was higher for NSPA than for SPA (25.0 vs. 17.7%). The overall complication rate of TSS for PA was significantly higher in non-HV centers than in HV centers (24 vs 20.4.0; p &amp;lt;0.01). Centers with a DNT showed a trend to higher success rate in R-PA, while having a lower overall incidence of complications in TSS for PA than HV centers without a DNT (18.5 vs. 23.0; p=0.058), mainly reducing the rate of permanent ADH deficiency in all TSS for PA (2.7 vs. 8.4%; p&amp;lt;0.001).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Higher surgical volume and DNT are associated with improved TSS outcomes for PA in Spain. 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