Endocrine Abstracts

The Spanish acromegaly registry (REA) is an online epidemiological database created in 1997 to collect clinical and biochemical data of patients with acromegaly followed in Spain.Aim: To study trends in acromegaly treatment over time in Spain.Methods: REA is an online database in which registered endocrinologists collect data from all acromegalic patients seen at their practices in Spain. In the last year the neuroendocrine group o...

Objectives: To describe the metabolic and surgical outcomes of adult patients with craniopharyngioma undergoing extended transsphenoidal surgery (ETS). Secondary: to compare surgical outcomes with patients undergoing conventional transcranial surgery (CTS).Methods: Retrospective observational study. Adult patients with craniopharyngiomas undergoing ETS between 2015 and 2020 were included. Descriptive analysis was performed by obtaining median and quartil...

Introduction: Endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary surgery has become the first line method for removal pituitary tumours. A new way to see the surgical field and the cooperation of two neurosurgeons has supposed a revolution in the area.Objetives: Analyse surgical outcomes and complications of a cohort of patients from a single center who underwent ETPS for Cushing disease.Methods: Descriptive prospective-retrospective study inclu...

Introduction: Endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary surgery has become the first line method for removal pituitary tumours. A new way to see the surgical field and the cooperation of two neurosurgeons has supposed a revolution in the area.Objetives: Analyse surgical outcomes and complications of a cohort of patients from a single center who underwent ETPS for GH secreting pituitary tumours.Methods: Descriptive prospective-retrospect...

Methods: Descriptive retrospective study among patients who underwent ETPS for ACTH-secreting pituitary adenomas performed by the same surgical team from January/2013 to January/2017.Results: 27 ACTH-secreting pituitary adenomas operated via ETPS. 20 (74.1%) were women, median age at surgery was 43.25 [29.65–61.59] years and median follow-up was 3.13 [1.6–6.69] years. Presurgically, 25 (92.59%) patients recieved drugs for control cortisol hyper...

Methods: We conducted a retrospective descriptive study including 67 patients with non-functioning pituitary adenomas surgicaly removed via ETPS beetwen January/2013 to January/2017.Results: Among 67 patients with non-functioning pituitary adenomas surgicaly removed via ETPS 44 (65.67%) were men. 52 (77.61%) patients recieved their first surgery, 14 (20.9%) had been operated one time before and 1 (1.49%) had been operated two times. Every patient reopera...