TABLE 3.

Outcome for 68 cats undergoing hypophysectomy for treatment of hypersomatotropism‐induced diabetes mellitus

	N (%)	Median (min‐max)	Mean ± SD
Duration of hospitalization (days)
Overall		9 (4‐21)
Cases 1‐34		10 (4‐21)*
Cases 34‐68		7 (5‐14)*
Postoperative glycemic control
Improved	55 (81%)
	(95% of 58 survivors)
No improvement	3 (4%)
	(5% of 58 survivors)
Diabetic remission	41 (60%)
	(71% of 58 survivors)
Duration of postoperative insulin therapy for those achieving remission (days)		9 (2‐120)
Recurrence of diabetes mellitus	5 (12%)
Time from remission to recurrence (days)		248 (84‐1232)
Postoperative body weight (kg)
4 weeks (N = 26)			5.1 ± 1.0**
3 months (N = 31)			5.7 ± 1.2
12 months (N = 15)			6.3 ± 1.3**
Postoperative conjunctival desmopressin (N = 53)
Discontinued postoperatively	15 (28%)
Duration of treatment for those discontinued (days)		60 (28‐180)
Treatment ongoing at last follow‐up	38 (72%)

^* P < .001;

^** P = .007.