1. [Surgical treatment in acromegaly: experience in Córdoba].
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Rendón MI, Cecenarro LA, Andrada MC, Barovero MS, Bertolino ML, Cagliolo M, Carpentieri ÁR, Damilano RA, De Battista JC, Estario P, Fernández S, Márquez ME, Monteserin N, Quintero ML, Sala CS, Sosa GA, Surraco ME, De Paul AL, Szafryk de Mereshian P, and Fux Otta C
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- Adenoma surgery, Female, Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pituitary Neoplasms surgery, Retrospective Studies, Sphenoid Bone, Treatment Outcome, Acromegaly surgery
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Introduction: Acromegaly prevalence is 35-70 / million. Transsphenoidal surgery is the first-line treatment, with a remission rate of 80% for microadenomas and 50% for macroadenomas. Our aim was to evaluate the surgical results in Córdoba and determine predictive remission factors due to the lack of records., Methods: Retrospective-descriptive study of patients with surgery as the first therapeutic line. Remission criteria: IGF1 normalization for age/sex, with GH ≤1.0 g/L. Test X2 and Fisher's exact test with p<0.05., Results: 38 patients were included: 61% women and 39% men; Average age 45 years. Most frequent chief complaint: headache and acral growth (26%), visual disturbances (20%). Macroadenomas were the 84% of the tumors. Of 37 patients, 54% underwent microscopic surgery, 38% endoscopic and 8% transcranial. The 29% of patients showed post-operative complications and diabetes insipidus was the most frequent (10%). The percentage of them was: 33% transcranial surgery, 29% endoscopic and 25% microscopic (p = 0.557). The biochemical remission at 6 months was 34% and at 12 months 55% (p= 0.0001). No significant differences between the endoscopic and microscopic approach (p = 0.071). Of 36 patients, 31% showed complete tumor resection. The subjective clinical improvement was 88%. There weren´t predictive remission factors with significant differences., Conclusion: The surgical biochemical remission was similar to the bibliography. We didn´t find predictive remission factors but a larger number of patients could modify these results., (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba.)
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- 2020
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