Open AccessPrimary versus postoperative stereotactic radiosurgery for acromegaly: a multicenter matched cohort study
Author(s) -
Nasser Mohammed,
Dale Ding,
Yi-Chieh Hung,
Zhiyuan Xu,
ChengChia Lee,
Hideyuki Kano,
Roberto MartínezÁlvarez,
Nuria Martínez-Moreno,
David Mathieu,
Mikuláš Kosák,
Christopher P. Cifarelli,
Gennadiy A. Katsevman,
L. Dade Lunsford,
Mary Lee Vance,
Jason P. Sheehan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.564
H-Index - 210
eISSN - 1933-0693
pISSN - 0022-3085
DOI - 10.3171/2019.1.jns183398
Subject(s) - medicine , radiosurgery , acromegaly , cohort , multicenter study , radiology , surgery , radiation therapy , randomized controlled trial , growth hormone , hormone
The role of primary stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in patients with medically refractory acromegaly who are not operative candidates or who refuse resection is poorly understood. The aim of this multicenter, matched cohort study was to compare the outcomes of primary versus postoperative SRS for acromegaly.
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