Endocrine Abstracts

Transsphenoidal surgery is the treatment of choice in acromegaly. However, some patients do not achieve postoperative remission. The aim of our study was to identify factors that predictive of a poor surgical outcome in patients with acromegaly. In our study we included 39 acromegalic patients, who underwent transsphenoidal surgery as initial treatment. We evaluated clinical, hormonal and radiological predictors based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Also we examined immun...