Surgery of aggressive pituitary adenomas and pituitary carcinomas is part of the
interdisciplinary management of these difficult to treat tumors. Invasion, giant size and …

TWO MAIN FEATURE: Indication for surgery in patients with pituitary tumors depends first on
the anatomical situation: the enclosed or invasive nature of the tumor. Total resection of an …

Surgical management of pituitary adenomas continues to be a safe and effective method,
suitable for a large number of patients suffering from the effects of these lesions. Frequently …

Despite ongoing advances in the pharmacologic management of pituitary tumors, surgery
remains the therapy of choice for a large majority of pituitary tumors. Even though surgical …

In the short span of a single decade, neurosurgeons have assumed an increasingly
prominent role in the management of pituitary adenomas. The prevailing practice in this …

As experience with endocrine diagnosis, radiologic evaluation, and transsphenoidal
microsurgery has accumulated, more effective therapy has become available for patients …

Surgical management of pituitary adenomas continues to be a safe and effective method for
dealing with many of these lesions. The goal of overall management should be to provide …

Growth characteristics and size, irrespective of endocrine activity, predict the nonendocrine
clinical presentation of a pituitary adenoma. Anatomic classification by degree of sellar …

The aims and the results of operations on the pituitary have evolved more in the last decade
and a half than in the entire previous part of this century. When surgeons began to operate …

Depending upon the type of pituitary tumor one encounters, there are currently three
effective therapeutic modalities for these lesions. These include pharmacotherapy, surgery …