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Surgery vs preoperative pharmacological therapy and surgery

Adverse events · adults with growth‐hormone secreting pituitary adenomas

It is very uncertain whether surgery alone changes adverse events compared with preoperative pharmacological therapy and surgery (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Surgical and non‐surgical interventions for primary and salvage treatment of growth hormone‐secreting pituitary… 2024 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.23 [0.7, 2.03]
5 studies · 267 participants
Very low

Surgery vs Pharmacological therapy

Adverse events · adults with growth‐hormone secreting pituitary adenomas

It is very uncertain whether surgery alone changes adverse events compared with pharmacological therapy alone (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Surgical and non‐surgical interventions for primary and salvage treatment of growth hormone‐secreting pituitary… 2024 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.09 [0.01, 1.47]
1 study · 22 participants
Very low