Pre- and postoperative need for pituitary hormone replacement in non-adenomatous sellar and parasellar lesions: importance of the sellar encroachment score.

Mueez WaqarShiva RampersadDavid BennettTara KearneyKanna K Gnanalingham

Published in: Acta neurochirurgica (2020)

A significant proportion of these patients present with need for pituitary hormone replacement that may worsen postoperatively. The degree of sellar encroachment is predictive of pituitary hormone replacement status pre-/postoperatively.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
growth hormone
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
patients undergoing
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes