Surgery for acromegaly: Evolution of the techniques and outcomes

Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-70

  Laws, Edward R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Craniotomy approach; Endonasal surgery; Microadenomas; Minimally invasive surgery; Pituitary tumors; Transsphenoidal approach

Indexed keywords

HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE;

ACROMEGALY; ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CRANIOTOMY; EVOLUTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; LABORATORY TEST; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVENTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL CLASSIFICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSNASAL ENDOSCOPIC; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39149106102     PISSN: 13899155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11154-007-9064-y     Document Type: Review

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