In-Hospital Endocrinology Consultation after Transsphenoidal Surgery: Is It Always Necessary?

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Abstract

Background: Patients with sellar masses undergoing transsphenoidal surgery (TSS) frequently develop endocrine dysfunction; therefore, in-hospital endocrinology consultation (IHEC) is recommended. However, we wondered whether routine endocrinology assessment of all TSS patients is always necessary. Methods: We developed an IHEC Physician's Guide to identify patients who would require peri-operative IHEC. An analysis of all patients undergoing TSS for a sellar mass over a 4-year period was conducted to assess the predictive value of the IHEC Physician's Guide in identifying patients who required IHEC. Results: A total of 116 patients underwent TSS; 24 required IHEC. As expected, the risk of endocrine complications requiring peri-operative endocrine management was significantly higher in the IHEC group versus no-IHEC group (96% vs. 1%; p < 0.001). The negative predictive value of the IHEC Physician's Guide in identifying patients who did not require IHEC was 0.99 (95% CI 0.9409-0.9997); Fisher's exact test, p < 0.001), meaning that the IHEC Physician's Guide successfully identified all but one patient who truly required IHEC. Conclusion: Results from our study show that most patients do not need IHEC after TSS and that those patients requiring IHEC can be reliably predicted at surgery by using a simple IHEC Physician's Guide.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)534-539
Number of pages6
JournalCanadian Journal of Neurological Sciences
Volume48
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2021

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Copyright © The Author(s), 2020.Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences Inc..

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Neurology
  • Clinical Neurology

PubMed: MeSH publication types

  • Journal Article

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