%0 Journal Article
%T A retrospective analysis of postoperative hypokalemia in pituitary adenomas after transsphenoidal surgery
%A Dongfang Tang
%A Jinliang You
%A Lili You
%A Tang Chen
%A Wenpeng Li
%A Xianfeng Zhang
%J Archive of "PeerJ".
%D 2017
%R 10.7717/peerj.3337
%X Pituitary adenoma is one of the most common intracranial neoplasms, and its primary treatment is endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal tumorectomy. Postoperative hypokalemia in these patients is a common complication, and is associated with morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to analyze the etiopathology of postoperative hypokalemia in pituitary adenomas after endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery
%K Pituitary adenomas
%K Postoperative hypokalemia
%K ACTH-pituitary adenomas
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5444367/