ea0026p264 | Pituitary | ECE2011
Billmann W
, Bilz S
, von Hessling A
, Tasman A J
, Brandle M
, Hildebrandt G
, Fournier J Y
Background: Surgery of the pituitary gland is increasingly being performed through an endoscopic approach. We report the results of the first 26 patients after transition from microsurgery to endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery at our institution.Methods: Medical records of 26 consecutive patients (13 females) with a median age of 59 years who underwent endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery by a single surgeon from 2008 to 2010 and had a follow-up of at leas...