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transsphenoidal surgery
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what is 'transsphenoidal surgery'?
Definition for transsphenoidal surgery
transsphenoidal surgery is also known as: Transsphenoidal hypophysectomy
transsphenoidal surgery is a medical procedure used for such diagnoses as: pituitary adenoma, Rathke cleft cyst and suprasellar epidermoid cyst.
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pituitary adenoma
type of brain tumor
transsphenoidal surgery and pituitary adenoma
Rathke cleft cyst
rare cystic brain tumor
transsphenoidal surgery and Rathke cleft cyst
suprasellar epidermoid cyst
cystic lesion in brain
transsphenoidal surgery and suprasellar epidermoid cyst
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Brain MRI
transsphenoidal surgery and Brain MRI
Endoscopic surgery
transsphenoidal surgery and Endoscopic surgery
Follicular Stimulating Hormone (FSH)
transsphenoidal surgery and Follicular Stimulating Hormone (FSH)
Leuteinizing hormone (LH)
transsphenoidal surgery and Leuteinizing hormone (LH)
Serum Cortisol
transsphenoidal surgery and Serum Cortisol
Serum Prolactin
transsphenoidal surgery and Serum Prolactin
Visual Field Test
Test to determine visual fields
transsphenoidal surgery and Visual Field Test
serum estradiol
transsphenoidal surgery and serum estradiol
CT sella turcica
transsphenoidal surgery and CT sella turcica
Complete metabolic panel
transsphenoidal surgery and Complete metabolic panel
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Pituitary gland
transsphenoidal surgery and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Pituitary gland
Neuroendoscopic surgery
transsphenoidal surgery and Neuroendoscopic surgery
serum electrolytes
transsphenoidal surgery and serum electrolytes
24-hour urinary free cortisol
transsphenoidal surgery and 24-hour urinary free cortisol
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)
adrenocorticotropin hormone secreted by pituitary gland
transsphenoidal surgery and Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)
Anti Diuretic Hormone
hormone decreasing urine production
transsphenoidal surgery and Anti Diuretic Hormone
Biopsy
transsphenoidal surgery and Biopsy
Gadolinium-enhanced MRI
transsphenoidal surgery and Gadolinium-enhanced MRI
Gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS)
transsphenoidal surgery and Gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS)
Growth hormone
transsphenoidal surgery and Growth hormone
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bromocriptine
transsphenoidal surgery and bromocriptine
bromocriptine(parlodel , bromocriptine mesylate)
transsphenoidal surgery and bromocriptine(parlodel , bromocriptine mesylate)
cabergoline
transsphenoidal surgery and cabergoline
octreotide(sandostatin)
transsphenoidal surgery and octreotide(sandostatin)
pegvisomant
transsphenoidal surgery and pegvisomant
high-dose steroid therapy
transsphenoidal surgery and high-dose steroid therapy
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Transsphenoidal surgery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Transsphenoidal surgery is a type of surgery in which surgical instruments are ... Transsphenoidal surgery entry in the public domain NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms ...
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Definition of transsphenoidal surgery - NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
transsphenoidal surgery (TRANS-sfee-NOY-dul SER-jeh-ree) ... Transsphenoidal surgery is used to remove tumors of the pituitary gland. Previous Definitions: ...
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Transsphenoidal surgery for Cushing's syndrome.
Transsphenoidal surgery for Cushing's syndrome. J Nabarro. Full text ... Transsphenoidal microsurgical management of Cushing's disease. Report of 100 cases. ...
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Transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary tumours
OBJECTIVES?Transsphenoidal surgery (TSS) is the preferred method for the ... Surgical complications of transsphenoidal surgery are minimal and endocrine ...
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Pituitary Tumors
Transsphenoidal surgery is the treatment of choice for patients with thyrotropic ... Surgery (usually a transsphenoidal approach). Somatostatin analogues, such ...
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Cushing's Syndrome Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment on ...
Learn about Cushing's syndrome, a hormonal disorder caused by high levels ... For patients in whom transsphenoidal surgery has failed or who are not suitable ...
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eMedicine - Pituitary Tumors : Article by Jorge Kattah
Pierre Marie, a French neurologist (Salpetriere Hospital, Paris) was the first ... Transsphenoidal surgery decreases GH levels to ... Transsphenoidal surgery ...
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Pituitary Tumors Treatment - National Cancer Institute
Expert-reviewed information summary about the treatment of pituitary tumors. ... Transsphenoidal surgery is the treatment of choice for patients with thyrotroph ...
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Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 -- GeneReviews -- NCBI Bookshelf
... tumors causing acromegaly are treated by transsphenoidal surgery; medical ... Transsphenoidal surgery, the first treatment of choice in growth hormone ...
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MedlinePlus: Videos of Surgical Procedures
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery ... "Sighted" Heart Surgery from the Hybrid OR ... Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy (Trinity Mother Frances Hospital, ...
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Pituitary Tumors
... with corticotroph adenomas,transsphenoidal microsurgery is the treatment of choice. ... Surgery (the treatment of choice and usually a transsphenoidal approach) ...
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Craniofacial resection for nonmelanoma skin cancer of the head and neck ...
Results of transsphenoidal surgery in a large series of patients with pituitary adenoma. ... Conclusion: Transsphenoidal surgery is an effective and safe ...
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Hermann Schloffer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... Schloffer performed the first transsphenoidal surgery for removal of a pituitary ... Neurosurgery Online, A Century Of Pituitary Surgery: Schloffer's Legacy ...
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eMedicine - Nasal and Sublabial Approaches to the Pituitary : Article ...
The evolution of the transnasal-transseptal approach to the pituitary traces its lineage and subsequent reintroduction ... to transsphenoidal surgery. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ent/topic592.htm
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Pituitary Tumors
The goals of treatment of pituitary adenomas include normalization of hormonal secretion (i.e.,normalization of ... Transsphenoidal surgery is the ...
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Cushing's syndrome in pregnancy treated by ketocon...[Gynecol ...
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and ... refused transsphenoidal surgery and ...
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Progressive improvement of impaired visual acuity during the first year ...
Transsphenoidal surgery is the treatment of choice, resulting in improvement of ... All patients were treated by transsphenoidal surgery. ...
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eMedicine - Hyperpituitarism : Article by Robert J Ferry, Jr
Transsphenoidal pituitary surgery has emerged as the ... Transsphenoidal surgery is associated with remarkably little morbidity and near zero mortality. ...
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Patient Information Publications
Preparing for Outpatient Surgery. Preparing for Third Molar Removal ... Understanding Transsphenoidal Surgery. Understanding Your Complete Blood Count ...
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Patient Information Publications
Outpatient Surgery/Procedure ... Preparing for Outpatient Surgery. Preparing for Third ... Understanding Transsphenoidal Surgery. Understanding Your Complete ...
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Acromegaly
Defines acromegaly, a disorder caused by excess production of growth hormone. ... tools, removes the tumor tissue in a procedure called transsphenoidal surgery. ...
http://www.endocrine.niddk.nih.gov/pubs/acro/acro.htm
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Pituitary Tumors
Treatment may be one of the following: Surgery to remove the tumor (usually transsphenoidal surgery) with or without radiation therapy. Radiation therapy alone. ...
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/brain-cancer/tc/pituitary-tumors...
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MedlinePlus: Pituitary Disorders
Contains an overview, symptoms, treatment, coping, genetics, and clinical trials. ... Asked Questions about Transsphenoidal Surgery for Pituitary Adenomas - A ...
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Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Approach
... function following transsphenoidal surgery of large ... Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery: experience with 50 patients. J Neurosurg. ...
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Pituitary Tumors
Surgery to remove the tumor (transsphenoidal surgery or craniotomy) when the ... WebMD Home Cancer Health Center Brain Cancer Health Center Brain Cancer ...
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/brain-cancer/tc/pituitary-tumors...
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Pituitary tumor
Injury Disease Nutrition Poison Symptoms Surgery Test Special Topic ... can be removed through a transsphenoidal procedure -- the surgeon accesses the ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/000704trt.htm
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eMedicine - Wermer Syndrome (MEN Type 1) : Article by Irina Lendel
In pituitary tumors, transsphenoidal pituitary surgery is aimed at resection of ... Transsphenoidal surgery with external radiation therapy (eg, external beam or ...
http://emedicine.com/MED/topic2404.htm
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Cushing's Syndrome -- Part of the Endocrine Resource Center -- From the ...
Cushing's Syndrome -- part of the Endocrine Resource Center, featuring information on Addison's Disease, Cushing's ... whom transsphenoidal surgery has ...
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Definition of transplant surgeon - NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
A doctor who specializes in transplantation surgery. ... biopsy, transrectal ultrasound, transsphenoidal surgery, transurethral biopsy ...
http://www.nci.nih.gov/Templates/db_alpha.aspx?CdrID=44569
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eMedicine - Cerebrospinal Fluid, Leak : Article Excerpt by Hugh J F ...
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak may occur from the nose (rhinorrhea), from the external auditory canal (otorrhea), or ... transsphenoidal pituitary surgery, ...
http://www.emedicine.com/radio/byname/Cerebrospinal-Fluid--Leak.htm
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Pituitary surgery for acromegaly
... term mortality after transsphenoidal surgery and adjunctive therapy for acromegaly. ... al. Outcome of transsphenoidal surgery for acromegaly using strict ...
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Pituitary Tumors
Three kinds of treatment are used: Surgery (taking out the tumor in an operation) ... Transsphenoidal surgery removes the tumor through a cut in the nasal passage. ...
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/brain-cancer/tc/pituitary-tumors...
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Hyperadrenalism in childhood and adolescence.
... the two patients undergoing transsphenoidal surgery, one had recurrent disease ... Transsphenoidal microsurgical management of Cushing's disease. Report of ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1353486
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Cushing's Syndrome
After curative pituitary surgery, the production of ACTH drops two levels ... For patients in whom transsphenoidal surgery has failed or who are not suitable ...
http://www.endocrine.niddk.nih.gov/pubs/cushings/cushings.htm
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Cushing's Syndrome-Treatment Overview
Treatment for Cushing's syndrome depends on the underlying cause. ... The surgery (transsphenoidal adenomectomy) requires great skill and should be ...
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/cushings-syndrome-treatment-overview
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eMedicine - Pituitary Adenoma : Article by Ali Nawaz Khan
The pituitary gland is the master gland of the body because it controls most of the body's endocrine functions by ... Surgery by means of the ...
http://www.emedicine.com/RADIO/topic557.htm
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Definition of transurethral resection - NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Surgery performed with a special instrument inserted through the urethra. Also called TUR. ... transrectal ultrasound, transsphenoidal surgery, transurethral biopsy, ...
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Endoscopic Endonasal Partial Middle Turbinectomy Approach: Adaptability ...
Jho H D, Endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery. J Neurooncol. 2001;54:187?195. [PubMed] ... Alfieri A, Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach to the sellar ...
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The pituitary gland -- Endocrinology -- NCBI Bookshelf
... tumor (Box 7.1) that was removed by transsphenoidal surgery. ... Transsphenoidal surgery to remove the tumor resulted in a considerable reduction ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=endocrin&part=A1257
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eMedicine - CSF Rhinorrhea : Article by Joseph M Scianna
The underlying defect responsible for CSF leaks, regardless of the etiology, is the same: disruption in the arachnoid ... transsphenoidal surgery: results ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ent/topic332.htm
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The Voice-Controlled Robotic Assist Scope Holder AESOP for the ...
... movements in transsphenoidal surgery. Neurosurg Focus. ... Carrau R L, Jho H D, Ko Y, Transnasal-transsphenoidal endoscopic surgery of the pituitary gland. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1586176
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ccc 1998 annual report
... Transsphenoidal Surgery; Come with Cary to the Operating Room (a coloring book ... Transsphenoidal Surgery; the HIV Counseling Program Section of the Social Work ...
http://www.cc.nih.gov/about/ar_archives/od/ccc.html
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Extended Transsphenoidal Approach with ?-shape Osteotomy of the Maxilla
Journal List > Skull base surgery > v.9(2); 1999. Summary. Selected References. Page Browse ... The traditional sublabial transsphenoidal approach offers a ...
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eMedicine - Implants, Soft Tissue, High-Density Porous Polyethylene ...
Medpor, Medpor implants, facial augmentation, facial reconstruction, implants, porous high-density polyethylene, ... transsphenoidal surgery: technical ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ent/topic799.htm
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Carney Complex -- GeneReviews -- NCBI Bookshelf
... syndrome; transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenoma; surgery for cancerous ... Transsphenoidal surgery. Thyroid andenomas. Surgery if cancerous. LCCSCT. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=gene&part=carney
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MedlinePlus: Cushing's Syndrome
If a tumor caused it, surgery and other therapies may be needed. ... Asked Questions about Transsphenoidal Surgery for Pituitary Adenomas - A ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cushingssyndrome.html
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Acromegaly: Treatments and drugs - MayoClinic.com
Acromegaly ? Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, treatment of this hormonal disorder. ... Transsphenoidal surgery ...
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/acromegaly/DS00478/DSECTION...
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Sellar-Parasellar Brown Tumor: Case Report and Review of Literature
After the transsphenoidal surgery, excision of a parathyroid adenoma normalized ... brown tumor, sellar-parasellar region, transsphenoidal surgery ...
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Treatment of presumed prolactinoma by transsphenoidal operation: early ...
... found to have a macroadenoma were also satisfactorily treated with surgery. ... Transsphenoidal microsurgical treatment of prolactin-producing pituitary adenomas. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1418156
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eMedicine - Acromegaly : Article by Hasnain M Khandwala
Increased and unregulated growth hormone (GH) production, usually caused by a GH ... After transsphenoidal surgery, somatostatin analogues are generally the first ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/TOPIC27.HTM
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