1. Introduction

   • Rudolf Fahlbusch
   • Frank Marguth

   Trends in pituitary surgery Pages: 131 - 133

2. Role of cell and explant culture in the diagnosis and characterization of human pituitary tumours

   • Eric F. Adams
   • Keith Mashiter

   Trends in pituitary surgery Pages: 135 - 140

3. Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging of the region of the sella turcica

   • Walter J. Huk
   • Rudolf Fahlbusch

   Trends in pituitary surgery Pages: 141 - 150

4. Corticotropin- and growth hormone-releasing factor (CRF and GRF) in the diagnosis of hypothalamo-pituitary diseases

   • Klaus von Werder
   • Otto-Albrecht Müller

   Trends in pituitary surgery Pages: 155 - 165

5. Recent developments in the treatment of acromegaly

   • Dieter K. Lüdecke

   Trends in pituitary surgery Pages: 167 - 173

6. Diagnosis, treatment and postoperative results of Cushing's disease

   • Naoki Kageyama
   • Akio Kuwayama
   • Kaoru Ichihara

   Trends in pituitary surgery Pages: 177 - 183

7. Trans-sphenoidal microsurgical treatment of Nelson's syndrome

   • Takanori Fukushima

   Trends in pituitary surgery Pages: 185 - 194

8. Present status of neurosurgery in the treatment of prolactinomas

   • Rudolf Fahlbusch
   • Michael Buchfelder

   Trends in pituitary surgery Pages: 195 - 205

9. Giant pituitary adenomas

   • Hans Werner Pia
   • Ernst Grote
   • Gerhard Hildebrandt

   Trends in pituitary surgery Pages: 207 - 220

10. Recurrent pituitary adenomas

    • Frank Marguth
    • Reinhard Oeckler

    Trends in pituitary surgery Pages: 221 - 224

11. Pubertas praecox and hypothalamic hamartoma

    • Juji Takeuchi
    • Hajime Handa

    Trends in pituitary surgery Pages: 225 - 231