title: A decade of pituitary microsurgery. The Herbert Olivecrona lecture.
abstract: The author reviews his experience with surgical treatment of 1000 pituitary tumors, the majority of which were endocrine-active. The criteria of grading, the microsurgical technique used, and the postoperative results are presented. The mortality rate was 0.2% overall, with no deaths in the group of 774 patients with endocrine-active adenomas.
mesh_terms: D000172:Acromegaly / Q000601:surgery; D000236:Adenoma / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery*; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D005877:Gigantism / Q000601:surgery; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000266:history; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000266:history; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery*; D011388:Prolactin / Q000378:metabolism; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D011388:Prolactin; D013006:Growth Hormone