Therapeutic trends and outcome of acromegaly: a single center experience over a 40-year period

Olga Karapanou, Marinella Tzanela, Marietta Christoforaki, Lida Papastathopoulou, Paraskevi Moutsatsou, Efi Botoula, Stylianos Tsagarakis

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the therapeutic trends and long-term outcome of treatment modalities for acromegaly in our center over a 40-year period. Design: We retrospectively studied 321 acromegalic patients (145 males/176 females) diagnosed and treated from the 1970s until September 2013 …