Pituitary Surgery a Modern Approach:A Modern Approach

A comprehensive overview on the management of pituitary adenomas

The management of pituitary adenomas and other sellar tumors is one of the most
difficult tasks for neurosurgeons and endocrinologists. Optimal treatment
requires a multidisciplinary approach; neurological, ophthalmological, and
endocrinological tests are all required. Fortunately, the past decade has seen
rapid improvements in the management of patients with pituitary adenomas and
other sellar tumors. Transsphenoidal surgery has gone from being an innovative
approach to pituitary adenomas to having become the standard procedure for a
whole variety of sellar and para-sellar lesions.
The authors contributing to this book expertly detail the state-of-the-art
treatment of patients with pituitary adenomas, covering operative approaches,
peri-operative management, surgical pathology as well as the newer extensions
such as image guidance and endoscopy. They also identify the complementary
roles of radiosurgery and transcranial surgery in the approach to sellar and
suprasellar tumors. In addition the text gives a glimpse at what the future may
hold for the treatment of such tumors.
The present volume of Frontiers of Hormone Research will be of great value for
endocrinologists, neurosurgeons, neuropathologists, neuro-ophthalmologists, and
otolaryngologists in the treatment of patients with pituitary adenomas.

Preliminary Pages
I Contents / Foreword / Preface
Laws ER Jr, Sheehan JP (eds): Pituitary Surgery - A Modern Approach. Front Horm
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1 Role of Transcranial Approaches in the Treatment of Sellar and Suprasellar
Lesions
Maartens, N. ; Kaye, A.
Laws ER Jr, Sheehan JP (eds): Pituitary Surgery - A Modern Approach. Front Horm
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29 Extended Transsphenoidal Approach
Dumont, A. ; Kanter, A. ; Jane, J.A., Jr. ; Laws, E.R., Jr.
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46 Image Guidance in Pituitary Surgery
Asthagiri, A. ; Laws, E.R., Jr. ; Jane, J.A., Jr.
Laws ER Jr, Sheehan JP (eds): Pituitary Surgery - A Modern Approach. Front Horm
Res. Basel, Karger, 2006, vol 34, pp 46-63
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64 Endoscopic Endonasal Cavernous Sinus Surgery, with Special Reference to
Pituitary Adenomas
Frank, G. ; Pasquini, E.
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Res. Basel, Karger, 2006, vol 34, pp 64-82
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83 Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Sellar Lesions
Jagannathan, J. ; Dumont, A. ; Jane, J.A., Jr.
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105 The Craniopharyngioma
Oskouian, R. ; Samii, A. ; Laws, E.R., Jr.
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127 Rathke뭩 Cleft Cysts
Kanter, A. ; Sansur, C. ; Jane, J.A., Jr. ; Laws, E.R., Jr.
Laws ER Jr, Sheeha