Prolonged preoperative treatment of acromegaly with Somatostatin analogs may improve surgical outcome in patients with invasive pituitary macroadenoma (Knosp grades 1–3): a retrospective cohort study conducted at a single center

Prolonged preoperative treatment of acromegaly with Somatostatin analogs may improve surgical outcome in patients with invasive pituitary macroadenoma (Knosp grades 1–3): a retrospective cohort study conducted at a single center

Abstract Background This study aimed to investigate preoperative somatostatin analogs (SSAs) treatment on the surgical outcome in patients with acromegaly. Methods An analysis of 358 patients with acromegaly was conducted. The preoperative medical therapy group (81 patients) received SSA treatment f...

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Main Authors: Lian Duan, Huijuan Zhu, Bing Xing, Feng Gu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:BMC Endocrine Disorders
Subjects:
Acromegaly
Preoperative treatment
Somatostatin analogs
Invasive macroadenoma
Remission rate
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12902-017-0205-3

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