Posterior hypothalamus-sparing surgery improves outcome after childhood craniopharyngioma

Posterior hypothalamus-sparing surgery improves outcome after childhood craniopharyngioma

Objective: Quality of life (QoL) is frequently impaired in childhood-onset craniopharyngioma (CP) by hypothalamic syndrome. The debate, whether pretreatment hypothalamic involvement (HI) has apriori prognostic impact or surgical hypothalamic lesions (HL) determine outcome, is controversial. Design...

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Main Authors: Agnieszka Bogusz, Svenja Boekhoff, Monika Warmuth-Metz, Gabriele Calaminus, Maria Eveslage, Hermann L Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bioscientifica 2019-04-01
Series:Endocrine Connections
Subjects:
craniopharyngioma
hypothalamus
obesity
quality of life
surgery
Online Access:https://ec.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/ec/8/5/EC-19-0074.xml

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