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- Title
Stereotactic Options in the Management of Craniopharyngioma.
- Authors
Lunsford, Dade; Pollock, Bruce E.; Kondziolka, Douglas S.; L·evine, Geoffrey; Flickinger, John C.
- Abstract
Multimodality stereotactic techniques were used in the management of 39 patients with craniopharyngiomas in a 12-year interval. Monocystic craniopharyngiomas were treated successfully by intracavitary beta-irradiation using 32P (96% Cyst control rate). Solid tumor progression or secondary cyst formation required repeat irradiation, radiosurgery or microsurgery in selected patients. In the future, wider and earlier application of stereotactic techniques may further reduce the still unacceptable morbidity currently associated with initial radical microsurgical resection of craniopharyngiomas. Copyright © 1994 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Publication
Pediatric Neurosurgery, 1994, Vol 21, Issue S1, p90
- ISSN
1016-2291
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000120868