What are the complications of pituitary tumor surgery?

1.Nasal discharge: Within a few months after surgery, nasal congestion often occurs, and a small amount of bloody discharge or cool liquid constantly flows out of the nasal cavity. Nasal drops can be injected in the nasal cavity to reduce inflammation. After 1 week of surgery, the nasal secretions are cleared 1~2 times in the ENT department.

2.Nasal bleeding: mostly occurs after the gauze stuffed in the nasal cavity is removed after the operation, individually after several days, the light cases can be seen by temporarily filling the nasal cavity with cotton balls. In severe cases (bleeding of several hundred milliliters), angiography is required.

3, headache: may be caused by multiple factors such as nasal mucosal edema butterfly sinus inflammation, heavy cases can take painkillers symptomatic treatment.

4, hypopituitarism: manifested as fever, general weakness, headache, nausea, vomiting, not thinking about eating and drinking. Check blood cortisol and thyroid hormone, and after the diagnosis is clear, use prednisone and thyroxine for treatment under the guidance of doctors.

5. Hyponatremia: It usually occurs on the 4th to 8th postoperative day, manifested as hypothermia, weakness, headache, nausea, vomiting, and in severe cases, mental deterioration. Low blood and chloride values on laboratory tests. After the diagnosis is clear, infusion is supplemented with hypertonic saline, and water intake is restricted.

6. Nasal leakage of spinal fluid: constant flow of clear water in the nose, aggravated by low head, accompanied by headache and possible fever. Surgical repair in severe cases.

7.Urinary collapse: manifested by drinking more water and urinating more. More than 4000 ml a day. Appropriate control of drinking water, record the amount of water and urine, oral mydriatic tablets 0.05 mg (half tablet), or dihydrocortisone 50 mg (2 tablets), 3 times a day, usually 3 to 5 days more can improve. During the occurrence of urosepsis should drink more orange juice and food vegetable soup with high salt content.

8, vision loss: early may be caused by factors such as vasospasm.