Trends in surgery, hospital admissions and imaging for pituitary adenomas in Australia

ConclusionPituitary surgery rates increased between 2000/2001 and 2014/2015. The most common procedure was partial excision of the pituitary gland via TSS. Admissions for pituitary neoplasms increased over the study while admissions for acromegaly rose to their highest rate in 2003/2004 and then decreased. There was a substantial increase in the rate of pituitary imaging, which may have resulted in increased detection of pituitary incidentalomas. The underlying reasons for the increased rate of pituitary surgery, and the non-sustained increased rate of admissions for acromegaly are unclear and warrant further investigation.
Source: Endocrine - Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research