Can I still have surgery if a pituitary tumor recurs?

Everyone must pay attention to the disease of pituitary tumor, which brings many complications to the body. Many patients have undergone surgical treatment, but not long after, the tumor was found to have grown back and recurred. So they want to know if surgery is still possible at this time. So, can surgery be performed if the pituitary tumor recurs? Let's take a look at what to do if it recurs.

What to do if pituitary tumor recurs:

1. After the pituitary tumor recurs, you can have a second surgery or radiotherapy. Because surgery may not completely remove the pituitary tumor, radiotherapy is needed to control the residual tumor after surgery. This is a very safe treatment method.

2. The treatment of pituitary tumor recurrence should be determined according to the patient's physical condition and self-condition, because the first treatment of pituitary tumor is mostly surgical treatment, because surgical treatment is to remove the pituitary tumor. After recurrence, it is very likely that the pituitary tumor will be larger than the previous one or not in the original location. So be cautious.

3. Gamma Knife treatment is recommended for the treatment of recurrence of pituitary tumors. Gamma Knife treatment is also a type of radiotherapy. Radiotherapy is to focus all radioactive rays on one point to irradiate the pituitary tumor. It has no side effects, so Gamma Knife treatment is a relatively safe treatment option for the treatment of recurrence of pituitary tumors.

4. After the pituitary tumor surgery, it is best to have two to three examinations within one year. If everything is normal, the number of follow-up examinations can be appropriately reduced. After the operation, blood sugar and blood pressure should be checked at any time and compared with those before the operation to observe whether the patient's physical condition is normal.

The above is an introduction to "Can surgery be performed if pituitary tumor recurs?" I hope it will be helpful to you and wish you a speedy recovery.