Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research
Analysis of the HPA (hypothalamic pituitary adrenal) axis perioperatively in patients who underwent transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenomas with a normal preoperative HPA axis
G. Kannan , T.A. Santhi , S. Senthilkumaran
JCDR. 2022: 2097-2103
Abstract
Background: To observe the changes in the HPA axis postoperatively in those patients who underwent trans-sphenoidal excision of the pituitary adenomas with a normal preoperative HPA axis. Settings and Design: 61 patients presenting with pituitary adenomas with a preoperative normal HPA axis were chosen and were not given the routine perioperative steroid cover and their serum cortisol levels were assessed after undergoing transsphenoidal surgery with intraoperative preservation of the normal gland
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