POST-SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS OF THE TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY FOR PITUITARY ADENOMAS
Abstract:
This article reviews the complications of the transsphenoidal approach with regard to mechanical, visual, endocrine risks relative to pituitary surgery. We have to emphasise that the risks of this surgical approach, if it is properly performed, are minimum, mortality being of 0,2% after 1985.
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