ea0056oc13.1 | The curious case of growth hormone | ECE2018
Postma Mark R
, Wolters Thalijn LC
, van den Berg Gerrit
, van Herwaarden Antonius E
, Kobold Anneke C Muller
, Sluiter Wim J
, Wagenmakers Margreet A
, van den Bergh Alfons CM
, Wolffenbuttel Bruce HR
, Hermus Ad RMM
, Netea-Maier Romana T
, van Beek Andre P
Objective: To assess the effect of somatostatin analogs (SSTA) on mortality in relation to metabolic control of acromegaly after pituitary surgery.Design: A retrospective study in two large tertiary referral centers in The Netherlands.Patients and methods: Three hundred and nineteen patients with acromegaly in whom pituitary surgery was performed as primary therapy between January 1980 and July 2017 were included (total follow-up: ...