Outcomes of surgical treatment for nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 777-791

  Murad, Mohammad Hassan ^a   Fernandez Balsells M M ^a,b   Barwise, Amelia ^a   Gallegos Orozco, Juan F ^a,c   Paul, Anu ^a,d   Lane, Melanie A ^a   Lampropulos, Julianna F ^a   Natividad, Inés ^a,e   Perestelo Pérez, Lilisbeth ^a,f   De León Lovatón, Paula G Ponce ^a,e   Albuquerque, Felipe N ^a   Carey, Jantey ^a   Erwin, Patricia J ^a   Montori, Victor M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^f CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDLINE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NONFUNCTIONING PITUITARY ADENOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RECURRENCE RISK; REFERENCE DATABASE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649297249     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2010.03875.x     Document Type: Article

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