Naslov
Sellar Region Surgery in Croatia in the First Half of 20th Century

Autori
Fatović-Ferenčić, Stella ; Gnjidić, Živko

Izvornik
Croatian Medical Journal (0353-9504) 47 (2006), 2; 310-17

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
history of neurosurgery; medical specialties development; transfer of knowledge; pituitary tumor; pituitary disease; neuroendocrinology; minimally invasive surgery; transsphenoidal surgery; keyhole concept; Croatia

Sažetak
We reconstructed the historical development of surgical approaches to the pituitary gland which we used in Croatia in the first half of the 20th century on the basis of earliest clinical case reports and descriptions of initial surgical attempts. The first published case report on surgical treatment of acromegaly was described, as well as the review of 11 patients with pituitary disease admitted to the Ophtalmology Clinic in Zagreb in the period 1925-1927. The earliest 5 reports on pituitary surgery dating from 1925 were analyzed to reveal the circumstances that led to the development of transsphenoidal approach as a method of choice in Croatia, when this technique was becoming obsolete in other parts of the world. Frequent modifications of surgical approaches to sellar region have been shown a suitable historical-medical model for analysis of changes in surgical trends.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Povijest

POVEZANOST RADA