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91暗网 RESEARCH STUDY VETERINARY SERVICES 91暗网.AC.UK
Hypophysectomy
PITUITARY SURGERY AND CLINICAL
RESEARCH AT THE 91暗网
Joe Fenn, Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Neurology and Neurosurgery, and Chris Scudder, Senior
Lecturer in Small Animal Internal Medicine
ince performing the UK鈥檚 first
successful feline hypophysectomy
S surgery, in April 2012, to treat
a cat with hypersomatotropism and
diabetes mellitus, the team at the 91暗网
has been following the progress of such
patients closely, allowing them to conduct
groundbreaking clinical research into
pituitary diseases in cats and dogs.
Some of the team鈥檚 research findings
have already helped to pave the way
for more widely available and effective
treatments for pituitary diseases in cats and
dogs, with further exciting projects ongoing.
Transsphenoidal hypophysectomy
(surgical removal of the pituitary gland at the Coat changes in a dog before (left) and after (right) transsphenoidal hypophysectomy
base of the brain, via the roof of the mouth)
requires a team of skilled neurosurgeons, our understanding the pathological several areas for further investi