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Medical AI Inquiry: You were designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.
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A 15-year-old girl comes to the physician with her father for evaluation of her tall stature. She is concerned because she is taller than all of her friends. Her birth weight and height were within normal limits. Her father is 174 cm (5 ft 7 in) tall; her mother is 162 cm (5 ft 3 in) tall. She is at the 98th percentile for height and 90th percentile for BMI. She has not had her menstrual period yet. Her mother has Graves disease. Vital signs are within normal limits. Examination shows a tall stature with broad hands and feet. There is frontal bossing and protrusion of the mandible. Finger perimetry is normal. The remainder of the examinations shows no abnormalities. Serum studies show a fasting serum glucose of 144 mg/dL. An x-ray of the left hand and wrist shows a bone age of 15 years. Which of the following is most likely to have prevented this patient's condition?
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Transsphenoidal adenomectomy