Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: To study the results of transsphenoidal surgery in our Neuroendocrinology Unit in last 10 years.Methods: We reviewed all patients operated in our hospital and followed in our Neuroendocrinology Unit in the last 10 years. We excluded patients with previous surgery or irradiation on this area. We obtained data about type and size of tumor, previous hormonal deficit, local symptoms,complications of surgery and the status after this (remission, persiste...

Objective: To evaluate the effects of GH on cardiac structure and function of patients with panhypopituitarism.Material and methods: We performed echocardiographic studies of patients with panhypopituitarism treated and not treated with GH at baseline and after 12 years of follow up. We collected clinical and echocardiographic data (systolic and diastolic ventricular diameter (LVEDD and DTSVI), interventricular septum thickness (IVS), left ventricular po...