What are the risks of pituitary surgery?

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Transsphenoidal surgery has very low risks. There are three serious risks, the first being a change to the patient's vision because the vision nerves are right next to the pituitary gland. In Swedish's experience the chance of this is 1 in 500. The second major risk is damage to the carotid arteries that carry blood to the brain. The risk of damage is about 1 in 1,000. The third risk is the damage to the pituitary gland, which has the chance of about 2%-3%. For more information please visit the Swedish Medical website: http://www.swedish.org/Services/Neuroscience-Institute/Neuroscience-Services/.... For more information please visit the Swedish Medical website: http://www.swedish.org/Services/Neuroscience-Institute/Neuroscience-Services/....

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  • God bless you Dr Mayberg!

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