Selective use of peri-operative steroids in pituitary tumor surgery: escape from dogma

Selective use of peri-operative steroids in pituitary tumor surgery: escape from dogma

Objective: Traditional neurosurgical practice calls for administration of peri-operative stress-dose steroids for sellar-suprasellar masses undergoing operative treatment. This practice is considered critical to prevent peri-operative complications associated with hypoadrenalism, such as hypotensio...

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Main Authors: Jacqueline Marie Regan, Joseph eWatson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
Craniopharyngioma
cortisol
pituitary adenoma
Rathke's cyst
stress-dose steroids
panhypopituitary
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fendo.2013.00030/full

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