Research Article

Incidence and Factors Associated with Postoperative Delayed Hyponatremia after Transsphenoidal Pituitary Surgery: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review

Table 1

Summary of demographics of selected studies.

First author (year)Study designCountryNo. of ptsType of surgeryMale (%)Age (year)Tumour pathologyMacroadenoma vs. MicroadenomaNOS score

Rajaratnam (2020)RetrospectiveIndia222mTSS/eTSS6345NFPA 100%100% vs. 0%6
Schur (2020)RetrospectiveCanada84eTSS5654.1N/A100% vs. 0%6
Patel (2019)RetrospectiveUSA367eTSS4648.5NFPA 44%, PRL 13%, ACTH-secreting 13%, GH-secreting 4%, atypical 1%, RCC 10%, craniopharyngioma 4%, meningioma 3%, others 3%100% vs. 0%6
Younus (2019)RetrospectiveUSA584eTSS51N/ANFPA 39%, acromegaly 21%, PRL 26%, Cushing 14%N/A8
Yoon (2019)RetrospectiveKorea234eTSS4954.4NFPA 100%N/A8
Tomita (2019)RetrospectiveJapan107eTSS3654NFPA 69%, GHoma 22%, Cushing 5%, PRLoma 4%, TSHoma 1%N/A6
Agam (2018)RetrospectiveUSA1153mTSS/eTSS4649.5NFPA 54.0%, GHoma 14.6%, PRLoma 14.1%, ACTHoma 12.2%, other 5.0%N/A6
Bohl (2018)RetrospectiveUSA172mTSS/eTSS5751.9NFPA 59.6%, PRLoma 14.9%, acromegaly 8.5%, Cushing 9.0%, TSHoma 0.5%, others 8.0%N/A6
Burke (2018)RetrospectiveUSA788mTSS/eTSS4547.7NFPA 20.3%, PRLoma 6.6%, Cushing 10.5%, acromegaly 12.3%, TSHoma 0.5%, RCC 8.9%, other 4.7%N/A6
Deaver (2018)RetrospectiveUSA287mTSS/eTSS5153NFPA: 15.7%, functioning: 82.9%, other: 1.4%85.7% vs. 14.3%6
Hollon (2018)RetrospectiveUSA400eTSS5453.9NF 59.8%, acromegaly 22.8%, Cushing 13.0%, PRL 4.0%, TSHoma 0.5%84.7% vs. 15.3%8
Krogh (2018)RetrospectiveUK314mTSS/eTSS4953.1NFPA 40.8%, acromegaly 12.4%, Cushing 4.4%, PRL 4.5%, craniopharyngioma 6.4%, Rathke cleft cyst 6.1%, meningioma 3.2%, other 19.4%41% vs. 59%8
Bohl (2016)RetrospectiveUSA303mTSS/eTSS5452.9NFPA 67.3%, acromegaly 9.9%, Cushing 7.9%, TSHoma 1.0%, PRLoma 11.9%, others 2%N/A6
Barber (2014)RetrospectiveUSA344mTSS/eTSS4548NFPA 66.3%, functional adenoma 16.0%, RCC 14.0%N/A6
Yamada (2014)RetrospectiveJapan90mTSS/eTSS4842TSHoma 100%82% vs.18%6
Hussain (2013)ProspectiveUSA339mTSS/eTSS3948NFPA 33%, Cushing 24%, PRLoma 10.5%, acromegaly 8.5%, RCC 2.9%N/A6
Mamelak (2013)RetrospectiveUSA300eTSS4351.6NF 50.7%, ACTHoma 4%, GHoma 13.7%, PRLoma 5.7%, RCC 10%, other 15.9%N/A6
Chen (2011)ProspectiveChina385eTSS5351NFPA 100%8% vs. 92%6
Kinoshita (2011)RetrospectiveJapan88mTSS3247.9NFPA 27%, GHoma 20.5%, PRLoma35.2%, FSH or LHoma 13.6%, TSHoma 3.4%N/A6
Zada (2010)RetrospectiveUSA169eTSS5444Acromegaly 100%61% vs. 39%6
Lee (2008)RetrospectiveKorea94mTSS5442.8NFPA 53%, PRLoma 31%, GHoma 12%, ACTHoma 4%10% vs. 90%6
Zada (2007)RetrospectiveUSA369eTSS4648NFPA 50%, PRLoma 12%, GHoma 12%, Cushing 9%, RCC 9%, others 8%76% vs. 24%6
Sata (2006)RetrospectiveJapan105mTSS/eTSS3543NFPA 38%, acromegaly 25%, RCC 15%, PRLoma 12%, Cushing 2%, others 8%11% vs. 89%6
Hensen (1999)RetrospectiveGermany1571mTSS4344.5NFPA 34%, Cushing 15%, acromegaly 26%, PRLoma 22.8%, others 2.2%64% vs. 30%6
Kelly (1995)RetrospectiveUSA99mTSS3245N/A35% vs. 64%6
Taylor (1995)RetrospectiveUSA2297mTSS36N/AN/AN/A6
Sane (1994)ProspectiveFinland91mTSS4845NFPA 29%, GHoma 26%, ACTHoma 20%, PRLoma 15%, gonadotropinomas 3%, others 7%35% vs. 65%6

ACTHoma, adrenocorticotropic hormone-secreting adenoma; eTSS, endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery; FSH, follicular-stimulating hormone; GHoma, growth hormone-secreting adenoma; LHoma, luteinizing hormone adenoma; mTSS, microscopic transsphenoidal surgery; N/A, not applicable; NFPA, nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma; NOS, Newcastle-Ottawa Scale; PRLoma, prolactinoma; RCC, Rathke's cleft cysts; TSHoma, thyroid-stimulating hormone-secreting adenoma.