Endocrine Abstracts

We prospectively assessed endocrine, cognitive and visual outcomes in eight (three males) craniopharyngioma (CP) patients aged 7.98 (range 2.45–14.15) years presenting to our centre over the last 18 months, according to initial risk-based surgical strategy. Four patients had incomplete debulking (GpA), and four had conservative cyst decompression surgery (GpB). One patient (GpB) recurred 8 months later and needed repeat cyst decompression surgery. Four patients (two from ...

Background: The optimal management of paediatric craniopharyngiomas has been debated for years. Radical surgery aimed at complete resection (CR) was the approach for several decades, with higher reported rates of tumour control compared with incomplete resection (IR). The shift towards conservative surgery with adjuvant radiotherapy (DXT), aimed at reducing post-operative morbidities, especially hypothalamic and visual, has not been systematically studied.<p class="abstext...