ea0020p604 | Neuroendocrinology, Pituitary and Behaviour | ECE2009
Demir Ozgur
, Tonyukuk Gedik Vedia
, Emral Rifat
, Faik Erdogan Murat
, Gullu Sevim
, Corapcioglu Demet
, Uysal Ali Riza
, Baskal Nilgun
, Kamel Nuri
Background: Transsphenoidal adenomectomy is the first choice of therapy, but about 50% of patients are not cured and require medical treatment and/or radiotherapy. We retrospectively analyzed the data on surgery, sandostatin analog therapy, radiotherapy and the combination of them.Materials-methods: The records of the 96 female and 70 male, totally 166 acromegalic patients who had been followed in Ankara University, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases D...