Results of endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary surgery in 40 patients with a growth hormone-secreting macroadenoma

OBJECTIVE: Transsphenoidal pituitary surgery (TS) is the primary treatment of choice for patients with acromegaly. Macroadenomas (>1 cm) are more difficult to resect than microadenomas (remission rate ± 50% compared to ± 90%). Besides the conventional microscopic TS, the more recently introduced...

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Autores principales: Wagenmakers, Margreet Albertina E. M., Netea-Maier, Romana T., van Lindert, Erik J., Pieters, Gerlach F. F. M., Grotenhuis, André J. A., Hermus, Ad R. M. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Vienna 2011
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Clinical Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3111724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21347581
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00701-011-0959-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3111724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21347581
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00701-011-0959-8

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