Curative effect of microsurgery via transcallosal-septum pellucidum-interforniceal approach on craniopharyngiomas in the third ventricles
CHEN Jun
ZHAO Yi-qing
TANG Si-cheng
ZHENG Yi-feng
WANG Yu
Abstract：Objective To investigate the curative effect of microsurgery via transcallosal-septum pellucidum-interforniceal approach on craniopharyngiomas in the third ventricles. Methods The clinical data of 17 patients with craniopharyngiomas in the third ventricles, who underwent preoperative external ventricular drainage and microsurgery via transcallosal-septum pellucidum-interforniceal approach for the tumors in our hospital from February, 2011 to September, 2017, were analyzed retrospectively. Results The total resection of the tumors was achieved in 14 cases, subtotal resection in 2 and partial resection in 1 case. There were diabetes insipidus in 8 patients, electrolyte disturbance in14, epilepsy in 1, hyperpyrexia in 1, short-term memory loss in 4 and coma in 1, and 1 patient died after the microsurgery. Following-up ranging from 3 months to 6 years after the surgery showed that the tumors recurred in 2 patients. Conclusions The transcallosal-septum pellucidum-interforniceal approach is one effective surgical approach for craniopharyngiomas in the third ventricles. The preoperative external intraventricular drainage is helpful to decrease in the hydrocephalus and postoperative complications.
Keywords：CraniopharyngiomasMicrosurgeryTranscallosal-septum pellucidum-interforniceal approachThird ventriclesCurative effect
Publication Date：2018-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 395-397,401 )