Adult craniopharyngiomas: Surgical results with a special focus on endocrinological outcomes and recurrence according to pituitary stalk preservation: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 572-577

  Jung, Tae Young ^a   Jung, Shin ^a   Choi, Jae Eun ^a   Moon, Kyung Sub ^a   Kim, In Young ^a   Kang, Sam Suk ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital and Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngioma; Endocrine function; Pituitary stalk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; INFUNDIBULUM; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SURGICAL APPROACH; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; AGED; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FOLLOW UP; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 70350475585     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.10.JNS0880     Document Type: Article

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