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Endoscopic Endonasal Trans-sphenoidal Approach: Minimally Invasive Surgery for Pituitary Adenomas
Published on: January 17, 2018
Pituitary surgery
1Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, USA.
Abstract:
Surgical management of pituitary adenomas continues to be a safe and effective method for treating many patients with these lesions. The goal of overall management should be to provide the patient with the most effective means of long-term control of this benign but potentially disabling disease. Currently, surgery has a significant role. It is hoped that with advances in the understanding of pituitary pathophysiology and with advances in pharmacotherapy, surgical management may become even more focused, more precise, and more effective over time.
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