Hyponatremia

Pituitary gland

Transsphenoidal surgery

Urology

Craniopharyngioma

Pituitary adenoma

Hormone

Retrospective cohort study

Diabetes insipidus

Endocrinology

Perioperative

Odds ratio

Adenoma

Multivariate analysis

Internal medicine

Desmopressin

Pituitary neoplasm

Diabetes mellitus

Surgery

Medicine

Journal of neurosurgery

Diabetes insipidus (DI) following transsphenoidal surgery can adversely impact quality of life and be difficult to manage. This study sought to characterize pre- and perioperative risk factors that may predispose patients to DI after pituitary surgery.

Identifying risk factors for postoperative diabetes insipidus in more than 2500 patients undergoing transsphenoidal surgery: a single-institution experience