What to look for after pituitary tumor surgery!

1.You can eat and drink normally without any special restrictions.

2, pay attention to proper rest, if there is no special situation, you can work normally after January.

3.After surgery, the loss of taste and smell is mostly temporary, no special treatment is needed, and most of them can recover by themselves.

4.For those who underwent surgery through the oronasal butterfly, the sutures of the upper lip mucosal incision are absorbable intestinal sutures, which will fall off by themselves and do not need to be removed. Those who undergo single nostril butterfly sinus surgery generally do not need stitches.

5.Some time after the surgery, there may still be blood in the sputum, if the amount is not much, it is normal and can be observed without treatment.

6, the nasal crust in the nasal cavity should not be snapped by hand, should be left to fall off on their own, such as nasal congestion can use new anesthetic solution, chloramphenicol eye drops, compound peppermint oil nose drops. Or go to the local hospital ENT department for nasal scab cleaning.

7. Pay attention to whether there is clear liquid flowing out of the nostrils. If there is, the possibility of cerebrospinal fluid nasal leakage should be considered. Test with urine sugar test paper, if positive should be considered to have cerebrospinal fluid nasal leakage, promptly review to get in touch with the ward doctor to get treatment guidance. Generally speaking, as long as there is no cerebrospinal fluid leakage during surgery, even if there is nasal fluid after surgery, it is usually not cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea, but secretions from the nasal mucosa.

8. Attention should be paid to avoid upper respiratory tract infection as much as possible.