Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: of non-functioning pituitary macroadenomas are associated with hyposecretion of the pituitary gland. In addition surgical therapy can lead to a partial or complete hypopituitarism. Data suggest that substitution of growth hormone can improve quality of life and reduce associated symptoms. However in many cases substitution is not started within the first 6–12 months after surgery. Therefore we intended to investigate if patients benefit from an early growth ...