2013•German Medical Science (German Research Foundation)Open access

Endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary surgery: analysis of 287 cases

Jens Conrad, Ali Ayyad, Jasmin Rezapour, Monika Oser, Martín Mayer, Alf Giese

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Objective: Surgical approaches to the pituitary have undergone numerous refinements over the last 100 years. The endoscopic technique which has revolutionized pituitary surgery was introduced routinely in our department in 2004. The aim of this retrospective study is to report the results of patients[for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]

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Key concepts: Transsphenoidal surgery, Medicine, Surgery, Pituitary adenoma, Internal medicine, Adenoma