Long-term follow-up results of transsphenoidal surgery for Cushing's disease in a single centre using strict criteria for remission

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 541-551

  Rees, D A ^a   Hanna, F W F ^a   Davies, J S ^a   Mills, R G ^a   Vafidis, J ^a   Scanlon, M F ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING DISEASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPITUITARISM; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROADENOMA; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036224824     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2002.01511.x     Document Type: Article

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