The improvement of GH levels and the incidence of hypopituitarism following transsphenoidal surgery for acromegaly.
For all types of pituitary tumours, transsphenoidal surgery leads to an improvement in GH levels in 66 per cent of patients. The incidence of hypopituitarism following transsphenoidal surgery is lowest in microadenomas. Redrawn from Laws et al. (1979), by courtesy of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.
