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An accident is described which occurred during a transurethral resection of a prostatic adenoma using a 1.5% glycine solution in a 68 yr old patient. The surgery was performed under spinal anaesthesia with bupivacaine. After 14 l of irrigation fluid had been used, visual disturbances, bilateral mydriasis and drowsiness appeared, with no haemodynamic disturbances. Three hours after the end of surgery, there appeared convulsions, with the blood sodium level at 118 mmol X l-1. Symptomatic treatment resolved the problem, and the clinical examination was normal 12 h after surgery. The role of hyponatraemia in the clinical state is discussed. The usefulness of regional anaesthesia in the early detection of this type of accident is recalled.
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