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. 2021 Jun 16;10(7):750–757. doi: 10.1530/EC-21-0155

Table 5.

Endocrine outcomes of transsphenoidal surgery including the comparison of first surgery vs previous surgery.

Pre- vs post-surgery Sufficient pre- and post-surgery (%) New insufficiencies (%) Insufficient pre- and post-surgery (%) Recoveries (%)
Adrenal axis,n = 115* Total, n = 115 74/82 (90) 8/82 (10) 25/33 (76) 8/33 (24)
First surgery n = 101 69/73 (95) 4/73 (5) 20/28 (71) 8/28 (29)
Previous surgery n = 14 5/9 (56) 4/9 (44) 5/5 (100) 0/5 (0)
Thyroid axis, n = 135 Total, n=135 54/60 (90) 6/60 (10) 70/75 (93) 5/75 (7)
First surgery n = 112 49/54 (91) 5/54 (9) 53/58 (91) 5/58 (9)
Previous surgery n = 23 5/6 (83) 1/6 (17) 17/17 (100) 0/17 (0)
Gonadal axis, n = 138 Total, n = 138 42/43 (98) 1/43 (2) 79/95 (83) 16/95 (17)
First surgery n = 115 38/39 (97) 1/39 (3) 61/76 (80) 15/76 (20)
Previous surgery n = 23 4/4 (100) 0/4 (0) 18/19 (95) 1/19 (5)

*patients with Cushing’s disease were excluded.