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ea0035p917 | Pituitary Clinical (<emphasis role="italic">Generously supported by IPSEN</emphasis>) | ECE2014

Treating prolactinoma by endoscopic endonasal pituitary surgery: surgical experience of 151 cases

Akin Safak , Berker Mustafa , Isikay Ilkay , Gurlek Alper

Background and Aim: Prolactinoma is the most common type of functional pituitary tumor in adults. Giant prolactinomas are defined as tumors achieve a diameter >4 cm and often have very high serum prolactin level. In our previous study showed that endoscopic endonasal pituitary surgery is a very convenient procedure for the patient due to low morbidity and high efficiency. In this study we evaluated endoscopic endonasal pituitary surgery series in patients with prolactinoma...