Individualized treatment for craniopharyngiomas and analyses of typical cases
WANG Hong-wei
ZHANG Jian-ning
YU Xin
WANG Ya-ming
LI Hai-long
HAN Cheng-chen
YANG Fan
Abstract：Objective To emphasize the importance of individualized treatment of craniopharyngioma and the indications of different treatment protocols. Methods The clinical data of 83 patients with craniopharyngioma were analyzed retrospectively including the individualized treatment and the following up data and so on. The indication and therapeutic effect of different treatment protocols were summarized. Different treatment protocols including gross total resection, partial resection combined with stereotactic intracavitary irradiation with 32P and stereotactic radiosurgery, stereotactic intracavitary irradiation with 32P as the initial treatment were applied to the patients with craniopharyngiomas. At the same time, appropriate and adequate hormone replacement therapy was given. Results The satisfactory curative effects were achieved. The gross total resection rate is 84.8%and the total response rate is 78.3%. The occurrence rate of complications is 45.8%. Conclusion The treatment of patients with craniopharyngiomas should be individually designed and carried out according to their clinical and radiographic characteristics.
Keywords：CraniopharyngiomaIndividualized treatmentTypical casesCurative effect
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 141-144 )