Transient Hyponatriemia Complicated by Seizures after Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy

C. Vaicys; A. Fried

doi:10.1055/s-2000-11371

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Minim Invasive Neurosurg 2000; 43(4): 190-191
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-11371

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Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Transient Hyponatriemia Complicated by Seizures after Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy

C. Vaicys¹ , A. Fried²

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute of New Jersey, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.
²Pediatric Neuroscience Institute, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Abstract

We present an infant who underwent endoscopic third ventriculostomy due to symptomatic hydrocephalus secondary to aqueductal stenosis. This is the first reported case of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone complicated by hyponatriemia and seizures following endoscopic surgery. The possibility of such a neuroendoscopic complication should alert neurosurgeons and close observation of serum electrolytes is highly recommended in the acute postoperative period, particularly in infants.

Key words:

Complication - Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy - Hydrocephalus - Neuroendoscopy - SIADH

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