Surgical Results of Large and Giant Pituitary Adenomas with Special Consideration of Ophthalmologic Outcomes


MUSLUMAN A. M., Cansever T., YILMAZ A., KANAT A., OBA E., CAVUSOGLU H., ...More

WORLD NEUROSURGERY, vol.76, pp.141-148, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 76
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.wneu.2011.02.009
  • Journal Name: WORLD NEUROSURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.141-148
  • Keywords: Adenomas, Giant, Large, Ophthalmologic, Outcomes, Pituitary, ENDONASAL TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY, TRANS-SPHENOIDAL REMOVAL, CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS, MANAGEMENT, RECOVERY, TUMORS, IMPROVEMENT, COMPLICATIONS, DECOMPRESSION, APOPLEXY
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To analyze functioning and nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (PAs) > 3 cm, with special emphasis on preoperative and postoperative visual functions.