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The results in Group 1 (72 patients) were significantly better. In this group, 56 (78%) patients regained normal menstrual cycles, and 55 (76%) had return of elevated prolactin levels to normal following surgery. In Group 2 (28 patients), however, only 11 (39%) resumed normal menstrual periods postoperatively, and 13 (46%) had return of elevated prolactin levels to normal. There was good correlation between tumor size and the preoperative level of prolactin. Of the 72 women in Group 1, 58 (81%) had tumors less than 1 cm (microadenomas), whereas of the 28 women in Group 2, only four (14%) had tumors of that size. All patients with visual field deficits preoperatively improved or had a normal visual examination postoperatively; none was made worse by surgery. Four patients (three in Group 2) have required additional surgery and\/or irradiation.<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p content-type=\"fine-print\">In the last six patients of the series, contrast-enhanced coronal computerized tomography slices made with the updated General Electric scanner detected five microadenomas. Considering that a relatively high percentage of sellar polytomograms are negative in patients with proven microadenomas (that is, only 40 of 72 patients in Group 1 had abnormal polytomography), it is likely that sellar polytomography will significantly decrease in importance in the diagnostic work-up of these patients. 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