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Pituitary cryoablation
Author(s) -
DUTHIE A. M.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1983.tb14039.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cryoablation , pituitary gland , ablation , radiology , hormone
Summary Transphenoidal ablation of the pituitary gland by the injection of alcohol is used for the relief of widespread cancer pain. A technique is described in which a cryoprobe is passed through a transphenoidal needle and a number of lesions produced within the gland. It is suggested that this method of pituitary ablation may prove to be as effective but accompanied by fewer complications than the injection of alcohol.