Pituitary surgery in elderly patients: a safe and effective procedure
| Autor: | C. Díaz-Ortega, R. Serramito-García, I. Bernabeu, M A Sifontes-Dubón, A. Fernández-Pombo, G. Martínez-Capoccioni, Rocío Villar-Taibo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Transsphenoidal surgery
medicine.medical_specialty education.field_of_study medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Incidence (epidemiology) medicine.medical_treatment Population 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Hypopituitarism medicine.disease Endoscopy 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Endocrinology Pituitary adenoma 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Internal medicine Diabetes mellitus Diabetes insipidus medicine education business |
| Zdroj: | Endocrine. 72:814-822 |
| ISSN: | 1559-0100 1355-008X |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12020-021-02665-6 |
| Popis: | The incidence of pituitary adenoma (PA) increases with age. Transsphenoidal surgery (TSS) in elderly patients is often considered to have greater risk compared to the younger population. The aim of this study is to compare surgical results, evolution and postoperative complications between elderly and young patients undergoing TSS. Retrospective review of patients undergoing TSS between 2011 and 2018 in our institution. Patients were divided into two cohorts: elderly (≥65 years) and non-elderly ( |
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