Treatment of acromegaly by endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery: surgical experience in 214 cases and cure rates according to current consensus criteria

Burcu Hazer, Derya; Işık, Serhat; Berker, Dilek; Güler, Serdar; Gürlek, Alper; Yücel, Taşkın; Berker, Mustafa

doi:10.3171/2013.8.jns13224

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Treatment of acromegaly by endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery: surgical experience in 214 cases and cure rates according to current consensus criteria

Published in Journal of neurosurgery • Sep 27, 2013

Authors:

Derya Burcu Hazer

Serhat Işık

Dilek Berker

Abstract

OBJECT: Acromegaly is a disease that has significant morbidity and mortality related to high levels of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), and is usually caused by pituitary adenomas. The goal in this study was to investigate the role of endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery a...

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Medicine

Acromegaly

Transsphenoidal surgery

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