Outcome of surgical intrasellar growth hormone tumor performed by a pituitary specialist surgeon in a developing country

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-19

  Gondim, Jackson A ^a   Ferraz, Tania ^a   Mota, Italo ^a   Studart, Dayse ^a   Almeida, João P C ^a   Gomes, Erika ^a   Schops, Michele ^b  

^a General Hospital of Fortaleza   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Endoscopy; Pituitary adenoma; Surgical cost; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LEVOTHYROXINE; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE CIPIONATE;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BRAZIL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OCTREOTIDE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELLA TURCICA; SPECIALISM; SPHENOID BONE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67549122774     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2008.02.012     Document Type: Article

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