Trans-Septal Trans-Sphenoidal Surgery For Pituitary Adenomas A Retrospective Study 英文论文文献.docVIP

JK SCIENCE ORIGINAL ARTICLE Trans-Septal Trans-Sphenoidal Surgery For Pituitary Adenomas:A Retrospective Study SudhirSabharwal, DAPalande,Vernon Velho Abstract In this retrospective study 100 patients of pituitary adenoma who underwentTrans-septalTrans-sphenoidal surgery over 10 years period were evaluated. The mean presenting complaints of these patients were headache and decreased vision. Majority of tumors in our study were non functioning adenomas (39%) followed by prolactinomas (38%), growth hormone producing tumors constituted 20%, where as cortisol secreting adenomas were 3%.