The safety of withholding hydrocortisone during preoperative periods in pituitary adenomas patients with an intact HPA axis: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
OBJECTIVES: For patients with pituitary adenomas with an intact hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis before surgery, whether routine steroid therapy is needed is still controversial. We conducted a meta-analysis to assess the safety of withholding hydrocortisone compared with hydrocortisone in pituitary adenoma patients during preoperati.....