[Objectivation of psychic alterations in patients after hypophysectomy (author's transl)]

17 patients who had undergone transfrontal hypophysectomy were compared as regards their performance in the MMPI Saarbrücken and the Rosenzweig-Picture-Frustation Study with an equal number of patients who had undergone comparable head surgery. The results suggest that the psychic alterations revealed in these tests may be regarded as unspecific consequences of the operative method.