Type of Surgery

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Last updated: 02/17/2009

Resources

BOOKS

Biller, Beverly M. K. and Gilbert H. Daniels. "Neuroendocrine Regulation and Diseases of the Anterior Pituitary and Hypothalamus." In Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, edited by Anthony S. Fauci, et al....

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997.

Jameson, J. Larry. "Anterior Pituitary." In Cecil Textbook ofMedicine, edited by J. Claude Bennett and Fred Plum. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders, 1996.

Youmans, Julian R. "Hypophysectomy." In NeurologicalSurgery. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders, 1990.


PERIODICALS

Buchinsky, F. J., T. A. Gennarelli, S. E. Strome, D. G. Deschler, and R. E. Hayden. "Sphenoid Sinus Mucocele: A Rare Complication of Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy."Ear Nose Throat Journal 80 (December 2001): 886–888.

Davis, K. T., I. McDuffie, L. A. Mawhinney, and S. A. Murray. "Hypophysectomy Results in a Loss of Connexin Gap Junction Protein from the Adrenal Cortex."Endocrine Research 26 (November 2000): 561–570.

Dizon, M. N. and D. L. Vesely. "Gonadotropin-secreting Pituitary Tumor Associated with Hypersecretion of Testosterone and Hypogonadism After Hypophysectomy."Endocrinology Practice 3 (May-June 2002): 225–231.

Nakagawa, T., M. Asada, T. Takashima, and K. Tomiyama. "Sellar Reconstruction After Endoscopic Transnasal Hypophysectomy."Laryngoscope 11 (November 2001): 2077–2081.

Volz, J., U. Heinrich, and S. Volz-Koster. "Conception and Spontaneous Delivery After Total Hypophysectomy."Fertility and Sterility 77 (March 2002): 624–625.


ORGANIZATIONS

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE). 1000 Riverside Ave., Suite 205, Jacksonville, FL 32204. (904) 353-7878. .

American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES). Metro-Health Medical Center, H920, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland, OH 44109-1908. (216) 778-4753. .

OTHER

"Hypophysectomy." University of Dundee. Tayside University Hospitals. 2000 [cited June 24, 2003].



 
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Hypophysectomy is the surgical removal of the pituitary gland, also called hypophysis. It is most commonly performed to treat tumors, especially craniopharyngioma tumors. Sometimes it is used to treat Cushing's syndrome due to pituitary adenoma.


From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypophysectomy

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The estimated number of hospital admissions among adults aged 20 or older with “calculus of kidney and ureters” as a primary diagnosis was of 171,000 hospital stays in 2000.


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