Pure endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for treatment of acromegaly: Results of 67 cases treated in a pituitary center

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Gondim, Jackson A ^a   Almeida, João Paulo ^b   de Albuquerque, Lucas Alverne F ^c   Gomes, Erika ^a   Schops, Michele ^d   Ferraz, Tania ^a  

^a General Hospital of Fortaleza   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte ^*  (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Adenoma; Endoscopic surgery; Pituitary; Transphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECRETION; SPHENOID; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPHENOID BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 78049430529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.7.FOCUS10167     Document Type: Article

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