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ea0029p1494 | Pituitary Clinical | ICEECE2012

The long term recurrence rates of cushing’s disease in turkish patients after transsphenodal surgery: a single-center experience

Altuntas Yuksel , Zuhur Sayid Shafi , Ilhan Aysegu , Velet Selvinaz , Yener Ozturk Feyza

Introduction: The treatment of choice in Cushing’s disease (CD) is transsphenoidal adenomectomy. However, the long term recurrence rate of the CD after transsphenoidal surgery in Turkish patients has not been determined so far.Purpose: We aimed to determine the long term recurrence rates of CD in Turkish patients after transsphenoidal surgery.Methods: The computer records of the 23 patients, operated for CD in our center durin...