Pituitary surgery: what are the factors that determine it.

Podcast:  In this podcast we discuss the indications for pituitary surgery.  What are the factors that make the procedure necessary?  We ask Dr. Blevins how he decides to recommend it.  When does he treat a patient with medications instead of proceeding with surgery and the many considerations that go into recommending pituitary surgery.

 

As follow-up to this podcast we recommend two additional articles

Video:  Dr. Manish Aghi discussed headaches in patients with pituitary tumors

Podcast:  Vision issues with Dr. Victor Szanto

Dr. Lewis Blevins is Medical Director, California Center for Pituitary Disorders at University of California San Francisco, Professor of Clinical Medicine and Clinical Neurological Surgery and the co-founder of Pituitary World News.

Oil painting of Dr. Sandeep Kunwar by Dr. Lewis Blevins Jr.

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