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Recent modalities in treatment of craniopharyngioma

Thesis

Last updated: 06 Feb 2023

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General Surgery

Advisors

El-Basyouni, Fahim A., Zuhdi, Ahmad Z., El-Samman, Amr

Authors

El-Halabi, Walid Eisa

Accessioned

2017-04-26 12:28:57

Available

2017-04-26 12:28:57

type

M.Sc. Thesis

Abstract

There are two main management pathways with regards to thetreatment of the tumour. The first involves attempted gross totalresection of the tumour , the second approach is for more limitedsurgery, aimed at debulking the tumour to reduce the mass effect onthe optic pathways and/or to re-establish the cerebrospinal fluidpathways, followed by external beam radiotherapy or stereotacticradiosurgery (gamma knife); which show very promising results.The resent progress in high resolution imaging equipment (especiallythe MRI) showed the extent of the hypothalamic involvement whichpreoperatively guided the surgeon which patient is candidate forgross total removal and who is not.The extended endonasal approach is a very promising minimallyinvasive approach with many advantages but needs an experiencedhand as well as some complications need to be solved as CSF leak.

Issued

1 Jan 2009

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.21473/iknito-space/32427

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Thesis

Created At

05 Feb 2023