Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
HYPOPHYSECTOMY, REFERENCE - Coggle Diagram
HYPOPHYSECTOMY
HEALTH EDUCATION
Don’t blow, clean, or stick anything in your nose.
-
-
Don’t swim, take a bath, or put your head under water.
-
-
PROCEDURE
-
removal of craniopharyngiomas, tumors made of tissue from around the gland
treatment of Cushing’s syndrome, which happens when your body is exposed to too much of the hormone cortisol
-
INDICATIONS
-
removal of craniopharyngiomas, tumors made of tissue from around the gland
treatment of Cushing’s syndrome, which happens when your body is exposed to too much of the hormone cortisol
-
-
DEFINATION
A hypophysectomy is a surgery done to remove the pituitary gland. The pituitary gland, also called the hypophysis, is a tiny gland nestled beneath the front of your brain.
Lubic, R. (1962). Nursing Care after Adrenalectomy or Hypophysectomy. The American Journal of Nursing, 62(4), 84-86. doi:10.2307/3418826
-