Online ISSN: 1303-6289
Print ISSN: 0304-4793


Published Online: January 1, 2002


Turkish Archives of Otolaryngology 2001; 39(1): 14-18 Abstract



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Syndrome of Inappropriate Secretion of ADH (SIADH) after Neck Dissection

Boyun Disseksiyonu Sonrası Gelişen Uygunsuz ADH Salınımı Sendromu (SIADH)

Enis Alpin Güneri, Yahya Demirdelen, Ahmet Ömer İkiz, Taner Kemal Erdağ, Kerim Ceryan


Dokuz Eylül University Medical Faculty, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, İzmir, Turkey
Key Words

SIADH, neck dissection, head and neck cancer 
Abstract

 

 

 

Objectives: To prospectively evaluate the incidence of syndrome of inappropriate ADH secretion (SIADH) in the postoperative period after neck dissections.

Materials and Methods: The following parameters were obtained in the preoperative and postoperative period from 18 patients who had neck dissections with diagnoses of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and also from 7 patients who were operated for various otolaryngological reasons. Personal files, tumor location, stage, surgical treatment, type of neck dissection, preservation or ligation of internal jugular vein (IJV) were recorded in the neck dissection group. In each group, Na+, K+, glucose, creatinine, BUN, uric acide, urine sodium, blood osmolarity levels were recorded preoperatively, as well as postoperatively during the first consecutive 7 days after the operation. The diagnosis of SIADH was established by evaluating the obtained laboratory data.

Results: Postoperatively, SIADH was developed in 4 of 18 patients (22%) who had neck dissections whereas none of the 7 patients in the control group had evidence of SIADH.

Conclusion: Internal jugular vein was unilaterally ligated in all of 4 patients who developed SIADH. The ligation of the IJV was shown to increase the risk of SIADH development significantly, while this risk was found to be almost significant for patients with cervical metastasis.


Accepted after revision: January 26, 2001
Correspondence: 
Enis Alpin Güneri, MD 
Mithatpaşa Cad. 146/12
Karataş 35260 İzmir - Türkiye, Phone: (0232) 277 77 77 / 3251, Fax: (0232) 259 05 41
e-mail: alpin.guneri@deu.edu.tr

 


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