Table 1 Endocrine data before and after surgery
Normal range | Pre-operative | Post-operative | |
|---|---|---|---|
8:00 ACTH (pg/ml) | <46.0 | 47.6 | 59.6 |
23:00 ACTH (pg/ml) | 22.6 | 18.2 | |
8:00 Cortisol (μg/dl) | 5.0–25.0 | 13.6 | 9.6 |
23:00 Cortisol (μg/dl) | 4.8 | 2.5 | |
Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (μg/dl) | 70–495 | 247 | 163 |
GH (ng/ml) | 0.04–3.60 | 78.5 | 16.9 |
Insulin like growth factor-1 (ng/ml) | 90–250 | 525 | 488 |
LH (μg/dl) | 1.14–8.75 | 3.46 | 3.03 |
FSH (pg/ml) | 1.37–13.58 | 8.29 | 7.36 |
PRL (ng/ml) | 3.46–26.53 | 10.17 | 7.74 |
TSH (μIU/ml) | 0.350–4.940 | 0.664 | 0.492 |
Free triiodothyronine (ng/dl) | 1.71–3.71 | 1.49 | 1.55 |
Free thyroxine (pg/ml) | 0.70–1.48 | 1.11 | 1.18 |
Arginine vasopression | <3.8 | ND | 2.6 |
C-peptide immunoreactivity (ng/ml) | 0.67–2.48 | 0.50 | 0.80 |
Urinary free cortisol (μg/day) | 11.2–80.3 | 114.3 | 130.5 |
0.5 mg-Dexamethasone cortisol | <5.0 | 3.8 | 5.6 |
8 mg-Dexamethasone cortisol | <1.0 | <1.0 |