Post-operative Hypernatremia In Sellar Tumar And Effect Of Vasopressin And Oxytocin On Water And Sodium Metabolism

Part one: Clinical study on post-operative hypernatremia in patients with sellar tumorHypernatremia is one of the common post-operative complications in patients with sellar tumor, which mortality is high. Professor Qisongtao total resected 368 sellar tumors which diameter is more than 3 cm from January 2002 to May 2005, in which 94 cases(25.5%) present with hypernatremia after operation. Retrospective analysis was performed among the tumor type, the tumor genesis, encroach position and operative lesion position, we focus on the cause and the management of hypematremia, emphasizing a quatitative approach to the correction of the fluid imbalance.205 men and 163 women with sellar tumor, admitted between January 2002 and May 2005, aged between 2 to 76 yr, were studied. The patients with sellar tumor include craniopharyngioma 83 cases, pituitary tumor 169 cases, dysembryoma 42 cases, neurogliocytoma in the third ventricle 27 cases, germinal tumor 13 cases, optic...