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Modern Neurosurgery of Meningiomas and Pituitary Adenomas pp 35–36Cite as

Surgical Treatment of Pituitary Adenomas in Elderly Patients

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Part of the book series: Acta Neurochirurgica ((NEUROCHIRURGICA,volume 65))

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Partly due to increased life expectancy, more and more patients over 60 years of age present with neurosurgical problems. In each case you have to decide to operate a patient or not. Describing the management in pituitary adenomas we conclude that also in elderly people operative therapy via the transsphenoidal approach can be done with a low risk in most cases.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital GHS Essen, Federal Republic of Germany

    Josef Pospiech M.D., D. Stolke & F. R. Pospiech

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  1. Josef Pospiech M.D.
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  1. Neurochirurgische Klinik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Federal Republic of Germany

    Rudolf Fahlbusch , Michael Buchfelder  & Margareta Klinger ,  & 

  2. Neurochirurgische Universitätsklinik, Düsseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany

    Wolfgang J. Bock

  3. Neurochirurgische Universitätsklinik, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany

    Mario Brock

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Pospiech, J., Stolke, D., Pospiech, F.R. (1996). Surgical Treatment of Pituitary Adenomas in Elderly Patients. In: Fahlbusch, R., Bock, W.J., Brock, M., Buchfelder, M., Klinger, M. (eds) Modern Neurosurgery of Meningiomas and Pituitary Adenomas. Acta Neurochirurgica, vol 65. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9450-8_11

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