Autor: |
Oleksandr Voznyak, Iaroslav Zinkevych, Andrii Lytvynenko, Nazarii Hryniv, Roman Ilyuk, Nazarii Kobyliak |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2024 |
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Zdroj: |
Frontiers in Surgery, Vol 11 (2024) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
2296-875X |
DOI: |
10.3389/fsurg.2024.1283179 |
Popis: |
IntroductionUsually, prolactinomas are treated with dopamine agonists (DA). Surgery is considered an option when the patient cannot bear or does not respond positively to DA therapy.AimThis study aims to determine the early and late outcomes of surgery, with particular emphasis on developing prognostic factors for surgical treatment and analyzing risk factors affecting the recurrence of hyperprolactinemia and prolactinoma.Material and methodsThis retrospective study was conducted at the Feofaniya Clinical Hospital of the State Administration of Affairs (Kyiv, Ukraine), evaluating 109 patients' records from 2009 to 2019. The main patients' inclusion criteria were: serum prolactin (PRL) level of more than 100 ng/ml, presence of pituitary adenoma (PA) on MRI, histologically approved PA by microscopy. According to the size of the prolactin-secreting PA (PSPAs) the selected 109 patients were divided into two groups: micro- (≤10 mm, n = 75) and macroadenoma group (10–40 mm, n = 34).Results1 month after the operation, PRL levels decreased by 87% (p |
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