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  • Title: Hyperammonemia after transurethral resection of the prostate: a report of 2 cases.
    Author: Ryder KW, Olson JF, Kahnoski RJ, Karn RC, Oei TO.
    Journal: J Urol; 1984 Nov; 132(5):995-7. PubMed ID: 6492293.
    Abstract:
    We report on 2 patients who became deeply comatose after transurethral resection of the prostate. Both patients were severely hyponatremic and hyperammonemic but the course of the comas followed serum ammonia concentrations more closely than serum sodium concentrations. The genitourinary irrigant used in both procedures was a 1.5 per cent glycine solution. Serum amino acid analyses in 1 patient suggested that the postoperative hyperammonemia was due to catabolism of glycine absorbed during surgery. The inadequate activation of normal pathways of ammonia metabolism in this patient may have been caused by a partial deficiency of the urea cycle enzyme argininosuccinate synthetase. We believe that hyperammonemia should be considered as a cause of encephalopathy after transurethral resection of the prostate. The 1.5 per cent glycine genitourinary irrigating solution may not be as nontoxic as generally believed.
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