The Evolution of Pituitary Gland Surgery from the Ancients to the Millennials.

Autor: Cucu AI; Faculty of Medicine and Biological Sciences, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Suceava, Romania; Department of Neurosurgery, Prof. Dr. N. Oblu Emergency Clinical Hospital, Iasi, Romania., Costea CF; Department of Ophthalmology, Prof. Dr. N. Oblu Emergency Clinical Hospital, Iasi, Romania. Electronic address: gardaiasi@yahoo.com., Perciaccante A; Laboratoire Anthropologie, Archéologie, Biologie (LAAB), UFR des Sciences de la Santé, Université Paris-Saclay (UVSQ) & musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France; Department of Medicine 'San Giovanni di Dio' Hospital, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina, Gorizia, Italy., Donell ST; Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK., Bianucci R; Department of Cultures and Societies, University of Palermo, Italy; The Ronin Institute, Montclair, New Jersey, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: World neurosurgery [World Neurosurg] 2023 Dec; Vol. 180, pp. 52-65. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 07.
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.09.004
Abstrakt: Located at the base of the skull, the pituitary gland has a long and controversial history, not only in terms of its anatomy, but especially in the functions it performs and in the attempt to approach it surgically. Considered by Galen of Pergamon to have a role in releasing waste products of the brain, a theory accepted until the 17th century, the pituitary gland became a separate entity once with the anatomical descriptions of the famous Andreas Vesalius. At the beginning of the 18th century, researches of the time began to be more and more interested in this gland, trying to identify its functions, and at the same time correcting the traditional theories that were wrong or incomplete. Later, they turned their attention to experimental animal studies that represented the germinal nucleus for the transcranial and endoscopic pituitary surgery. In this review, an attempt has been made to record the entire history of anatomy, physiology and surgery of the pituitary gland, from antiquity to the current day's surgical techniques.
(Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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