title: Treatment of alternated water-electrolyte balance and endocrine status after removal of craniopharyngioma in adults.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Water-electrolyte disturbance and endocrine alterations are common complications of adult patients with craniopharygioma in the postoperative period and may affect their recovery and prognosis. Some of these complications even lead to death. Appropriate remedy based upon the status of water-electrolyte balance and the endocrine system is essential to good therapeutic results of adult patients with craniopharyngioma.
  
  
  METHODS
  The alterations in water-electrolyte balance (117 patients) and endocrine status (42) of adult patients with craniopharyngioma after surgery were analyzed retrospectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most patients with craniopharyngioma experienced postoperative water-electrolyte disturbances and hypotonic dehydration. Moreover, the incidences of hypothyroidism and hypoadrenocorticism were relatively high.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is critical to deal with dehydration and endocrine disorders for a sound outcome of craniopharyngioma surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shang-feng
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Mao-zhi
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D004702:Endocrine Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014883:Water-Electrolyte Imbalance / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*