Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: With the progress of neuroendoscopic surgery in recent years, the application of endoscopy to transnasal surgery for pituitary tumors is increasing. At our institution, endonasal surgery using an endoscope alone (eTSS) has been performed in 825 patients with pituitary adenomas since November 2001. Among them, 156 patients (18.9%) had GH-secreting pituitary adenoma (GHoma), so the outcome and complications of eTSS-treated GHomas were investigated in the present study...