Advances in Surgery for Pituitary Tumors

Although benign in nature, pituitary tumors continue to offer many opportunities for improvement in therapy. Goals of treatment include complete removal or ablation of tumor cells, maintenance of normal pituitary function, normalization of elevated hormone levels in endocrine-active tumors, and minimizing adverse effects from therapy. There have been many recent advances related to the surgical treatment of pituitary tumors and the purpose of this article is to review some of the more significant ones.

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