Comparison of pituitary adenomas in elderly and younger adults: Clinical characteristics, surgical outcomes, and prognosis

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1924-1930

  Liu, Junfeng ^a   Li, Chaoxi ^a   Xiao, Qungen ^a   Gan, Chao ^a   Chen, Xi ^a   Sun, Wei ^a   Li, Xiaopeng ^a   Xu, Yu ^a   Chen, Juan ^a   Shu, Kai ^a   Lei, Ting ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

comparative study; elderly; pituitary adenoma; transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; HYPOPITUITARISM; INCIDENTALOMA; LIQUORRHEA; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; SEPSIS; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; VASCULAR HEADACHE; VERTIGO; ADENOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942194020     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13590     Document Type: Article

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