Trends in surgery, hospital admissions and imaging for pituitary adenomas in Australia

Purpose There is a paucity of epidemiological information on treatment and imaging of pituitary adenomas in Australia. Methods Australian data on pituitary surgery, hospital admissions for pituitary adenomas, and pituitary imaging on patients 15 years and over were obtained from administrative databases between 2000/2001 and 2014/2015. Changes over time and by age and sex were assessed. Results In 2014/15 there were 37.7 pituitary procedures/million population, corresponding to a 35.4% ( p