Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The incidence of hyponatremia as a delayed complication of transsphenoidal surgery varies widely from study to study and much of the debate has focused on the symptomatic hypotonic hyponatremia (SHH) occurring usually after discharge.Aim/Design: We studied the incidence, risk factors, course and management of postoperative SHH in two large series of endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery (ETS) for pituitary tumors.Results...