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Al-Azhar International Medical Journal
Acromegaly; Growth Hormone secreting pituitary adenoma; Endoscopic endonasal surgery
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Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Approach For Growth Hormone Secreting Pituitary Adenoma, Abdullatif Sayed Ahmed, Adel Almelesy, Alazzazi Alazzazi
Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Approach For Growth Hormone Secreting Pituitary Adenoma, Abdullatif Sayed Ahmed, Adel Almelesy, Alazzazi Alazzazi
Al-Azhar International Medical Journal
Background: The use of endoscopic endonasal trans-sphenoid surgery (EETS) as the first-line therapy for most pituitary adenomas is gaining popularity. Aim and objectives: The primary goal of this research was to see how an transsphenoidal endoscopic technique for a growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma affected hormonal reduction in relation to surgical excision extent. Subjects and methods: This prospective research was carried out at the Al Azhar University Hospitals' neurosurgery department (Al Hussien and Sayed Galal).This study was conducted on 15 cases with Growth hormone secreting pituitary adenoma that had undergone total or subtotal resection performed by endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery. Results: …