Craniopharyngioma: A Surgical Perspective

The treatment of craniopharyngioma varies from radical resection to stereotactic aspiration to brachytherapy. The author is presenting his own series of 14 cases, which have been treated by radical surgery with the addition of stereotactic radiotherapy in 2 cases. Materials & Methods Total of 14 cases, of whom majority are males, have been treated with follow-up varying from two months to 14 years. All cases have been treated by radical resection. Postoperative complications have included transient endocrine problems, which have recovered in the majority of cases. Discussion The results of treatment including the complications and the difficulties encountered will be presented. There has been no operative mortality in the series. Some of the difficult cases encountered including the difficulties in solid tumors have been presented. Data presented at the 6th Annual Conference of the Skull Base Surgery Society of India, Mumbai on 6th to 8th November 2004 but not published anywhere