Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Endonasal endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery (EETS) for a sellar or suprasellar mass poses potential complications, including transient or permanent hypopituitarism. Adrenocortical insufficiency is especially worrisome given its potentially life-threatening course, if untreated. Usual clinical practice includes administration of perioperative “stress doses” of steroids followed by long term steroid replacement until the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal ax...