Pituitary surgery

The field of pituitary surgery was born in the first decade of the twentieth century in Europe, and it evolved rapidly with the development of numerous innovative surgical techniques by some of the founding fathers of neurosurgery 1).

1: Ruggeri AG, Cappelletti M, Giovannetti F, Priore P, Pichierri A, Delfini R. Proposal of Standardization of Closure Techniques After Endoscopic Pituitary and Skull Base Surgery Based on Postoperative Cerebrospinal fluid fistula Risk Classification. J Craniofac Surg. 2019 Mar 20. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000005540. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30908447.

2: Sun J, Yu Z, Cheng K, Wang H, Han Y, Li Y. Measurements and Clinical Application of Anatomical Space for Transfrontal Pituitary Surgery Through Magnetic Resonance Imaging Reconstruction. J Craniofac Surg. 2019 Mar 20. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000005510. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30908444.

3: Umamaheswaran P, Krishnaswamy V, Krishnamurthy G, Mohanty S. Outcomes of Surgical Repair of Skull Base Defects Following Endonasal Pituitary Surgery: A Retrospective Observational Study. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019 Mar;71(1):66-70. doi: 10.1007/s12070-018-1511-4. Epub 2018 Oct 15. PubMed PMID: 30906716; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6401034.

4: Little AS, Kelly DF, White WL, Gardner PA, Fernandez-Miranda JC, Chicoine MR, Barkhoudarian G, Chandler JP, Prevedello DM, Liebelt BD, Sfondouris J, Mayberg MR; TRANSSPHER Study Group. Results of a prospective multicenter controlled study comparing surgical outcomes of microscopic versus fully endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for nonfunctioning pituitary neuroendocrine tumors: the Transsphenoidal Extent of Resection (TRANSSPHER) Study. J Neurosurg. 2019 Mar 22:1-11. doi: 10.3171/2018.11.JNS181238. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30901746.

5: Colao A, Grasso LFS, Giustina A, Melmed S, Chanson P, Pereira AM, Pivonello R. Acromegaly. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2019 Mar 21;5(1):20. doi: 10.1038/s41572-019-0071-6. Review. PubMed PMID: 30899019.

6: Olmedilla Y, Khan S, Young V, Joseph R, Cudlip S, Ansgorge O, Grossman A, Pal A. Plurihormonal Pit-1 lineage adenoma presenting as meningitis with recurrence after somatostatin analogue. Endocrinol Diabetes Metab Case Rep. 2019 Mar 21;2019. pii: EDM180130. doi: 10.1530/EDM-18-0130. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30897548.

7: Chu X, Zhang Y, Tuo L, Cui L, Zhang P, Yuan X, Guo L. Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea associated with an incidental pituitary neuroendocrine tumor. Br J Neurosurg. 2019 Mar 20:1-4. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2019.1587384. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30892951.

8: Zhang R, Wang Z, Gao L, Guo X, Feng C, Deng K, Lian W, Yao Y, Feng M, Bao X, Wang R, Xing B. Clinical characteristics and postoperative recovery of hypopituitarism in patients with nonfunctional pituitary neuroendocrine tumor. World Neurosurg. 2019 Mar 14. pii: S1878-8750(19)30710-7. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.03.062. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30880207.

9: Hayashi Y, Kobayashi M, Sasagawa Y, Oishi M, Tachibana O, Nakada M. Entirely suprasellar Rathke cleft cysts: clinical features and surgical efficacy of endoscopic endonasal transtuberculum sellae approach. World Neurosurg. 2019 Mar 11. pii: S1878-8750(19)30623-0. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.03.011. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30872194.

10: Broersen LHA, van Haalen FM, Biermasz NR, Lobatto DJ, Verstegen MJT, van Furth WR, Dekkers OM, Pereira AM. Microscopic versus endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery in the Leiden cohort treated for Cushing's disease: surgical outcome, mortality, and complications. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2019 Mar 11;14(1):64. doi: 10.1186/s13023-019-1038-0. PubMed PMID: 30866993.

11: Morinaga Y, Nii K, Sakamoto K, Inoue R, Mitsutake T, Hanada H. A case of acromegaly caused by Rathke's cleft cyst mimicking a plurihormonal pituitary adenoma. World Neurosurg. 2019 Mar 9. pii: S1878-8750(19)30586-8. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.02.163. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30862574.

12: Hosmann A, Micko A, Frischer JM, Roetzer T, Vila G, Wolfsberger S, Knosp E. Multiple pituitary apoplexy - cavernous sinus invasion as major risk factor for recurrent hemorrhage. World Neurosurg. 2019 Mar 6. pii: S1878-8750(19)30561-3. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.02.138. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30851467.

13: Watanabe T, Uehara H, Takeishi G, Chuman H, Azuma M, Yokogami K, Hirai T, Takeshima H. Characteristics of preoperative visual disturbance and visual outcome after endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery for nonfunctioning pituitary neuroendocrine tumor in elderly patients. World Neurosurg. 2019 Mar 5. pii: S1878-8750(19)30555-8. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.02.132. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30849556.

14: Nagata Y, Takeuchi K, Yamamoto T, Ishikawa T, Kawabata T, Shimoyama Y, Wakabayashi T. Removal of the medial wall of the cavernous sinus for functional pituitary neuroendocrine tumors: A technical report and pathological significance Running head: Medial wall removal for functional pituitary neuroendocrine tumors. World Neurosurg. 2019 Mar 5. pii: S1878-8750(19)30557-1. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.02.134. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30849552.

15: Hayashi Y, Sasagawa Y, Oishi M, Misaki K, Kozaka K, Tachibana O, Nakada M. Radiological and endocrinological evaluations with grading of hypothalamic perifocal edema caused by craniopharyngiomas. Pituitary. 2019 Apr;22(2):146-155. doi: 10.1007/s11102-019-00945-z. PubMed PMID: 30847775.

16: Cagney DN, Lamba N, Sinha S, Catalano PJ, Bi WL, Alexander BM, Aizer AA. Association of Neurosurgical Resection With Development of Pachymeningeal Seeding in Patients With Brain Metastases. JAMA Oncol. 2019 Mar 7. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.7204. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30844036.

17: Spinazzi EF, Upadhyayula PS, McKhann GM. Amyloid-β: Can One Bad Apple Really Spoil the Whole Brain? Transmission of Amyloid-β Protein Pathology From Cadaveric Pituitary Growth Hormone. Neurosurgery. 2019 Mar 6. pii: nyz035. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyz035. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30839069.

18: Todeschini AB, Beer-Furlan A, Montaser AS, Jamshidi AO, Ghalib L, Chavez JA, Lehman N, Prevedello DM. Pituitary carcinomas: review of the current literature and report of atypical case. Br J Neurosurg. 2019 Mar 5:1-6. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2019.1582750. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30836020.

19: Kuan EC, Rereddy SK, Patel NN, Maina IW, Triantafillou V, Kohanski MA, Tong CCL, Nabavizadeh SA, Lee JYK, Grady MS, O'Malley BW Jr, Palmer JN, Adappa ND. Asymptomatic radiographic sinonasal inflammation does not affect pituitary surgery outcomes. Laryngoscope. 2019 Mar 5. doi: 10.1002/lary.27893. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30835847.

20: Raman R, Raman A. A pituitary tumor turned-to-be a glioma: A surgical case from the Madras General Hospital 1928. Indian J Cancer. 2018 Oct-Dec;55(4):424-427. doi: 10.4103/ijc.IJC_12_19. PubMed PMID: 30829288.

21: Losa M, Donofrio CA, Gemma M, Barzaghi LR, Mortini P. Pretreatment with somatostatin analogs does not affect the anesthesiologic management of patients with acromegaly. Pituitary. 2019 Apr;22(2):187-194. doi: 10.1007/s11102-019-00952-0. PubMed PMID: 30826981.

22: Graillon T, Castinetti F, Chabert-Orsini V, Morange I, Cuny T, Albarel F, Brue T, Dufour H. Functioning gonadotroph adenoma with severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome: A new emergency in pituitary neuroendocrine tumor surgery? Surgical considerations and literature review. Ann Endocrinol (Paris). 2019 Feb 7. pii: S0003-4266(19)30025-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ando.2018.11.007. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30825998.

23: Sze L, Tschopp O, Neidert MC, Bernays RL, Ghirlanda C, Zwimpfer C, Wiesli P, Schmid C. Soluble delta-like 1 homolog decreases in patients with acromegaly following pituitary surgery: A potential mediator of adipogenesis suppression by growth hormone? Growth Horm IGF Res. 2019 Feb 18;45:20-24. doi: 10.1016/j.ghir.2019.02.002. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30818110.

24: Fujita Y, Taniguchi M, Tsuzuki T, Nakai T, Uozumi Y, Kimura H, Kohmura E. Application of a Minimally Invasive Liposuction Technique for Harvesting Fat during Transsphenoidal Surgery: A Technical Note. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 2019 Feb 28. doi: 10.2176/nmc.tn.2018-0270. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30814422.

25: Cole TS, Jahnke H, Godzik J, Morgan CD, Nakaji P, Little AS. Use of a wrist-mounted device for continuous outpatient physiologic monitoring after transsphenoidal surgery: a pilot study. Pituitary. 2019 Apr;22(2):156-162. doi: 10.1007/s11102-019-00946-y. PubMed PMID: 30806859.

26: Karamouzis I, Caputo M, Mele C, Nuzzo A, Zavattaro M, Car P, Panzarasa G, Prodam F, Marzullo P, Aimaretti G. Correction to: Transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary neuroendocrine tumors: early results from a single center. Hormones (Athens). 2019 Feb 25. doi: 10.1007/s42000-019-00091-y. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30805907.

27: Sickler T, Trarbach EB, Frassetto FP, Dettoni JB, Alves VAF, Fragoso MCBV, Machado MC, Cardoso EF, Bronstein MD, Glezer A. Filamin A and DRD2 expression in corticotrophinomas. Pituitary. 2019 Apr;22(2):163-169. doi: 10.1007/s11102-019-00947-x. PubMed PMID: 30799513.

28: Martin E, Muskens IS, Senders JT, DiRisio AC, Karhade AV, Zaidi HA, Moojen WA, Peul WC, Smith TR, Broekman MLD. Randomized controlled trials comparing surgery to non-operative management in neurosurgery: a systematic review. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2019 Apr;161(4):627-634. doi: 10.1007/s00701-019-03849-w. Epub 2019 Feb 23. Review. PubMed PMID: 30798479.

29: Albano L, Losa M, Nadin F, Barzaghi LR, Parisi V, Del Vecchio A, Bolognesi A, Mortini P. Safety and efficacy of multisession gamma knife radiosurgery for residual or recurrent pituitary neuroendocrine tumors. Endocrine. 2019 Feb 23. doi: 10.1007/s12020-019-01876-2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30798432.

30: Kim CS, Patel U, Pastena G, Higgins M, Peris-Celda M, Kenning TJ, Pinheiro-Neto CD. The MR Imaging Appearance of Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Defect Reconstruction Using Free Mucosal Graft. World Neurosurg. 2019 Feb 19. pii: S1878-8750(19)30410-3. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.02.010. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30794981.

31: Feng R, Schwartz J, Loewenstern J, Kohli K, Lenina S, Ultakan S, Iloreta AM, Govindaraj S, Bederson J, Banik R, Shrivastava R. The Predictive Role of Intra-Operative Visual Evoked Potentials (VEP) in Visual Improvement After Endoscopic Pituitary Tumor Resection in Large and Complex Tumors: Description and Validation of a Method. World Neurosurg. 2019 Feb 19. pii: S1878-8750(19)30397-3. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.01.278. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30794978.

32: Shrivastava A, Mohammed N, Xu Z, Liščák R, Kosak M, Krsek M, Karim KA, Lee CC, Martínez-Moreno N, Lee Vance M, Lunsford LD, Sheehan JP. Outcomes After Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Pediatric Patients with Cushing Disease or Acromegaly: A Multi-Institutional Study. World Neurosurg. 2019 Feb 18. pii: S1878-8750(19)30370-5. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.01.252. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30790739.

33: Zhu Q, Qian K, Jia G, Lv G, Wang J, Zhong L, Yu S. Clinical features, MR imaging and treatment experience of 20 patients with lymphocytic hypophysitis at a single treatment center. World Neurosurg. 2019 Feb 18. pii: S1878-8750(19)30366-3. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.01.250. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30790734.

34: Banerjee U, Hagan K, Bhavsar S, Grasu R, Dang A, McCutcheon IE, Suarez M, Gottumukkala V, Cata JP. Association between intravenous acetaminophen and reduction in intraoperative opioid consumption during transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary tumors. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol. 2018 Oct-Dec;34(4):465-471. doi: 10.4103/joacp.JOACP_276_17. PubMed PMID: 30787509; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6360881.

35: Nery B, Bernardes Filho F, Costa RAF, Pereira LCT, Quaggio E, Queiroz RM, Abud LG, da Cunha Tirapelli DP. Neurocytoma mimicking macroadenoma. Surg Neurol Int. 2019 Jan 21;10:8. doi: 10.4103/sni.sni_387_18. eCollection 2019. PubMed PMID: 30775062; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6357540.

36: Radovanovic I, Dehdashti AR, Turel MK, Almeida JP, Godoy BL, Doglietto F, Vescan AD, Zadeh G, Gentili F. Expanded Endonasal Endoscopic Surgery in Suprasellar Craniopharyngiomas: A Retrospective Analysis of 43 Surgeries Including Recurrent Cases. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2019 Feb 15. pii: opy356. doi: 10.1093/ons/opy356. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30768130.

37: Qaddoura A, Shalung TN, Meier MP, Goguen J, Jing R, Zhang S, Kovacs K, Cusimano MD. Recovery Room Cortisol Predicts Long-Term Glucocorticoid Need After Transsphenoidal Surgery for Pituitary Tumors. Neurosurgery. 2019 Mar 1;84(3):616-623. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyy070. PubMed PMID: 30767017; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6375723.

38: Xie YH, Xie HT, Wang TS, Shu YP, Dai XL. Perioperative holistic care more significantly reduces levels of anxiety and depression of pituitary tumor patients versus conventional care. Medicine (Baltimore). 2019 Feb;98(7):e14411. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000014411. PubMed PMID: 30762744.

39: Amano K, Aihara Y, Tsuzuki S, Okada Y, Kawamata T. Application of indocyanine green fluorescence endoscopic system in transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary tumors. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2019 Apr;161(4):695-706. doi: 10.1007/s00701-018-03778-0. Epub 2019 Feb 14. PubMed PMID: 30762125.

40: Fukuhara N, Inoshita N, Yamaguchi-Okada M, Tatsushima K, Takeshita A, Ito J, Takeuchi Y, Yamada S, Nishioka H. Outcomes of three-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging for the identification of pituitary neuroendocrine tumor in patients with Cushing's disease. Endocr J. 2019 Feb 14. doi: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ18-0458. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30760659.

41: Bi WL, Mooney MA, Yoon S, Gupta S, Lawton MT, Almefty KK, Corrales CE, Dunn IF. Variation in Coding Practices for Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2019 Feb;80(1):96-102. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1667124. Epub 2018 Jul 16. PubMed PMID: 30733907; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6365234.

42: Wang WF, Yang LH, Han L, Li MJ, Xiao JQ. Efficacy of transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary tumor: A protocol for systematic review. Medicine (Baltimore). 2019 Feb;98(6):e14434. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000014434. Review. PubMed PMID: 30732203; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6380780.

43: Zhao Y, Jin D, Lian W, Xing B, Feng M, Liu X, Wang R. Clinical characteristics and surgical outcome of prolactinoma in patients under 14 years old. Medicine (Baltimore). 2019 Feb;98(6):e14380. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000014380. PubMed PMID: 30732174; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6380812.

44: Selek A, Cetinarslan B, Canturk Z, Tarkun I, Hanazay Y, Vural C, Anik I, Ceylan S. The effect of somatostatin analogues on Ki-67 levels in GH-secreting adenomas. Growth Horm IGF Res. 2019 Jan 30;45:1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ghir.2019.01.001. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30731342.

45: Mikhaylov NI, Kalinin PL, Savin IA. [Complications after endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal removal of pituitary neuroendocrine tumors]. Zh Vopr Neirokhir Im N N Burdenko. 2018;82(6):105-113. doi: 10.17116/neiro201882061105. Russian. PubMed PMID: 30721224.

46: Ko CC, Chen TY, Lim SW, Kuo YT, Wu TC, Chen JH. Prediction of recurrence in solid nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenomas: additional benefits of diffusion-weighted MR imaging. J Neurosurg. 2019 Feb 1:1-9. doi: 10.3171/2018.10.JNS181783. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30717054.

47: Shen SC, Shen CC, Pu TW, Cheng WY. Long-Term Effects of Intracapsular Debulking and Adjuvant Somatostatin Analogs for Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Macroadenoma: 10 Years of Experience in a Single Institute. World Neurosurg. 2019 Feb 2. pii: S1878-8750(19)30225-6. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.01.125. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30716503.

48: Chalongwongse S, Chumnanvej S, Suthakorn J. Analyzation of Endonasal Endoscopic Transsphenoidal (EET) surgery pathway and workspace for path guiding robot design. Asian J Surg. 2019 Jan 29. pii: S1015-9584(18)30629-8. doi: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2018.12.016. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30709589.

49: Ogawa Y, Niizuma K, Tominaga T. Transsphenoidal Removal of Retroclival Chondroma with Pituitary Transposition Manifesting as Repeated Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Case Report. J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg. 2019 Feb 1. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1677452. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30708387.

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51: Yoshor D. Commentary: Costs and Their Predictors in Transsphenoidal Pituitary Surgery. Neurosurgery. 2019 Jan 29. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyy499. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30698768.

52: Sato T, Komaba H, Nagatani T, Watanabe T, Kishida Y, Fukagawa M. The Pituitary Is a Candidate Organ That Modulates Circulating Klotho Levels. J Endocr Soc. 2018 Nov 14;3(1):52-61. doi: 10.1210/js.2018-00223. eCollection 2019 Jan 1. PubMed PMID: 30697600; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6344344.

53: Nicholas SE, Salvatori R, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Redmond K, Gallia G, Lim M, Rigamonti D, Brem H, Kleinberg L. Deferred Radiotherapy After Debulking of Non-functioning Pituitary Macroadenomas: Clinical Outcomes. Front Oncol. 2019 Jan 10;8:660. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2018.00660. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 30687636; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6335347.

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57: Yang J, Yang Y, Wang Y, Zhang S, Cheng H, Wang S, Ge L, Li Y, Ye H. Role of Vasopressin Receptor 2 and 3 in ACTH-Secreting Tumors and their Potential Therapeutic Implications. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes. 2019 Jan 22. doi: 10.1055/a-0808-4227. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30669168.

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59: Zhou H, Chang K, Bai HX, Xiao B, Su C, Bi WL, Zhang PJ, Senders JT, Vallières M, Kavouridis VK, Boaro A, Arnaout O, Yang L, Huang RY. Machine learning reveals multimodal MRI patterns predictive of isocitrate dehydrogenase and 1p/19q status in diffuse low- and high-grade gliomas. J Neurooncol. 2019 Jan 19. doi: 10.1007/s11060-019-03096-0. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30661193.

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67: Brastianos PK, Galanis E, Butowski N, Chan JW, Dunn IF, Goldbrunner R, Herold-Mende C, Ippen FM, Mawrin C, McDermott MW, Sloan A, Snyder J, Tabatabai G, Tatagiba M, Tonn JC, Wen PY, Aldape K, Nassiri F, Zadeh G, Jenkinson MD, Raleigh DR; International Consortium on Meningiomas . Advances in multidisciplinary therapy for meningiomas. Neuro Oncol. 2019 Jan 14;21(Supplement_1):i18-i31. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noy136. PubMed PMID: 30649489; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6347080.

68: Kim EH, Moon JH, Kim SH. Clipping Technique for the Repair of the Intraoperative Cerebrospinal fluid fistula during Transsphenoidal Pituitary Tumor Surgery. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2019 Jan 11. doi: 10.1093/ons/opy408. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30649447.

69: Mooney MA, Sarris CE, Zhou JJ, Barkhoudarian G, Chicoine MR, Fernandez-Miranda JC, Gardner PA, Hardesty DA, Jahnke H, Kelly DF, Liebelt BD, Mayberg MR, Prevedello DM, Sfondouris J, Sheehy JP, Chandler JP, Yuen KCJ, White WL, Little AS; TRANSSPHER Study Group. Proposal and Validation of a Simple Grading Scale (TRANSSPHER Grade) for Predicting Gross Total Resection of Nonfunctioning Pituitary Macroadenomas After Transsphenoidal Surgery. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2019 Jan 11. doi: 10.1093/ons/opy401. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30649445.

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