I was diagnosed Cushing's disease last year due to a pituitary adenoma, due in for surgery in April... ?

I'm scared, the surgery is going to be performed in Mexico using the transphenoidal method, my adenoma is 6 x 5 mm, located on the left side of the gland, the carotide vein, is near the adenoma, what should I expect?

I heard there is an alternative to surgery, by using gamma knife, is it appropiate to be used in my case?

The surgery is done thru an endoscope which goes up thru the nostrils to a natural passageway. The surgeon can move the instrument down to the pituitary adenoma near the carotid vein & remove the tumor.
You may need to take medication after the surgery.

If you Google "transphenoidal" click on 1st site "Surgery"
They have a video you can watch of the removal of a pituitary adenoma.

You can also google mayo clinic>>diseases>>Cushing's disease

Good luck

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