title: [Transsphenoidal hypophysectomy in metastasizing breast cancers. Experience from 160 cases].
abstract: 160 patients suffering from advanced metastatic cancer of the breast had transsphenoidal open surgical hypophysectomy. Mortality (1,8 p.cent) and morbidity were extremely low in view of the general conditions of the patients. Immediate relief of pain due to bone metastasis was obtained in 92 p.cent of cases. Such results emphasized the important point of achieving total hypophysectomy.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007016:Hypophysectomy / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010166:Palliative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000601:surgery; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Hypophysectomie transsphénoïdale dans les cancers du sein métastatiques. Expérience de 160 cas