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Anaesthetic Management of Morbidly Obese Patient for Trans-Sphenoidal Resection of Pituitary Adenoma


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1 Dr. D.Y. PATIL Medical College, Pune, India

The prevalence of pituitary tumours is approximately 200 per million of the population1 but unselected postmortem studies suggest an incidence of 10–27%.2 

Keywords

Trans-Sphenoidal Resection, Pituitary Adenoma, Morbid Obesity.
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  • Burrow GN, Wortzman G, Rewcastle NB, Holgate RC, Kovacs K. Microadenomas of the pituitary and abnormal sellar tomograms in an unselected autopsy series. N Engl J Med 1981; 304:156-8


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Authors

Sneha C. Sheelvanth
Dr. D.Y. PATIL Medical College, Pune, India
Mary Samuel
Dr. D.Y. PATIL Medical College, Pune, India
Aparna Bagle
Dr. D.Y. PATIL Medical College, Pune, India
Guneet Chadha
Dr. D.Y. PATIL Medical College, Pune, India

Abstract


The prevalence of pituitary tumours is approximately 200 per million of the population1 but unselected postmortem studies suggest an incidence of 10–27%.2 

Keywords


Trans-Sphenoidal Resection, Pituitary Adenoma, Morbid Obesity.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18311/isacon-Karnataka%2F2017%2FEP015