Surgical treatment of craniopharyngiomas in adults.
Thirty-eight patients over the age of 21 were found to be suffering from craniopharyngiomas. According to the clinical symptoms, 8 tumours were of the juvenile type and 24 of the adult type. Thirty-four patients underwent direct surgery of the tumour. Ten were operated on unilaterally and then contra-laterally, as we were unable to remove the tumour in one go. Fifteen of the 24 adult type tumours were operated on radically, and five subtotally. Four patients were given an A-V shunt implant. The best results were obtained with subtotal excisions of adult suprasellar craniopharyngiomas.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed