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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2015 Aug 19;138:129–136. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2015.08.011

Table 4.

Postoperative complications stratified by EOR and surgical approach

Overall GTR STR/Bx Transcortial Translaminar Transcallosal Other
Number of patients 81 33 42 4 17 7 53
Number of complication 31 38.3% 13 39.4% 18 42.9%   3 75.0%   5 29.4%   5 71.4% 18 34.0%
Hypothalamic dysfunction 18 22.2%   8 24.2%   9 21.4%   1 25.0%   2 11.8%   4 57.1% 11 20.8%
 DI 13 16.0%   8 24.2%   4   9.5%   1 25.0%   2 11.8%   3 42.9%   7 13.2%
 SIADH   3   3.7%   0   0.0%   3   7.1%   1 25.0%   0   0.0%   2 28.6%   1   1.9%
 Hypothermia   2   2.5%   2   6.1%   1   2.4%   0   0.0%   0   0.0%   0   0.0%   2   3.8%
 Panhypopituitarism   2   2.5%   2   6.1%   0   0.0%   0   0.0%   1   5.9%   0   0.0%   1   1.9%
 Weight gain   2   2.5%   1   3.0%   1   2.4%   0   0.0%   1   5.9%   0   0.0%   1   1.9%
 Hypothyroidism   2   2.5%   1   3.0%   0   0.0%   0   0.0%   0   0.0%   0   0.0%   2   3.8%
Organic psychosis   2   2.5%   1   3.0%   1   2.4%   0   0.0%   0   0.0%   0   0.0%   2   3.8%
Memory deficits   7   8.6%   2   6.1%   7 16.7%   0   0.0%   1   5.9%   0   0.0%   6 11.3%
Seizures   1   1.2%   0   0.0%   1   2.4%   0   0.0%   1   5.9%   0   0.0%   0   0.0%
Hematoma   3   3.7%   1   3.0%   2   4.8%   1 25.0%   1   5.9%   0   0.0%   1   1.9%
Meningitis   2   2.5%   2   6.1%   0   0.0%   0   0.0%   0   0.0%   0   0.0%   1   1.9%
Myocardial infarction   2   2.5%   1   3.0%   1   2.4%   0   0.0%   1   5.9%   1 14.3%   0   0.0%
Atrial fibrillation   1   1.2%   1   3.0%   0   0.0%   0   0.0%   0   0.0%   1 14.3%   0   0.0%
Pulmonary embolism   5   6.2%   2   6.1%   3   7.1%   0   0.0%   0   0.0%   1 14.3%   4   7.5%
Stroke   1   1.2%   0   0.0%   1   2.4%   0   0.0%   0   0.0%   1 14.3%   0   0.0%
Somnolence/lethargy   3   3.7%   1   3.0%   2   4.8%   1 25.0%   1   5.9%   0   0.0%   1   1.9%
Persistent hydrocephalus   1   1.2%   0   0.0%   1   2.4%   0   0.0%   0   0.0%   1 14.3%   0   0.0%
Visual deficits   1   1.2%   0   0.0%   1   2.4%   0   0.0%   0   0.0%   0   0.0%   1   1.9%