作者: Travis S. Tierney , Brooke Swearingen
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0011-0_9
关键词: Disease 、 Surgical treatment 、 Pituitary adenoma 、 Complication 、 Transsphenoidal surgery 、 Hypopituitarism 、 Surgery 、 Medicine 、 Cushing's disease 、 Diabetes insipidus
摘要: Modern transsphenoidal surgery for Cushing’s disease is usually curative, achieving durable remission in 70–90% of cases. Comparison and recurrence rates between series the literature difficult as many employ different criteria. Complication are low, but include hypopituitarism, diabetes insipidus, CSF rhinorhhea. Improved can be obtained with early re-exploration after initial unsuccessful procedures, reoperation remains an option recurrence. This chapter reviews current surgical techniques, including microscopic endoscopic approaches.