Endonasal endoscopic reoperation for residual or recurrent craniopharyngiomas.

CONCLUSIONS Endonasal endoscopic transsphenoidal reoperation results in similar EOR, visual outcome, and improvement in QOL as first-time operations, with no significant increase in complications. EOR is more impacted by tumor volume and prior radiation. Reoperations should be offered to patients with recurrent craniopharyngiomas and may be preferable to radiation in patients in whom GTR or NTR can be achieved.
PMID: 27153172 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - May 5, 2016 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Dhandapani S, Singh H, Negm HM, Cohen S, Souweidane MM, Greenfield JP, Anand VK, Schwartz TH Tags: J Neurosurg Source Type: research