Childhood Craniopharyngioma: Hypothalamus-Sparing Surgery Decreases the Risk of Obesity | Zendy

Églantine Elowe-Gruau | Zendy; Jacques Beltrand | Zendy; Raja Brauner | Zendy; Graziella Pinto | Zendy; Dinane SamaraBoustani | Zendy; Caroline Thalassinos | Zendy; Kanetee Busiah | Zendy; Kathleen Laborde | Zendy; Nathalie Boddaert | Zendy; Michel Zérah | Zendy; Claire Alapetite | Zendy; Jacques Grill | Zendy; Philippe Touraine | Zendy; Christian SainteRose | Zendy; Michel Polak | Zendy; Stéphanie Puget | Zendy

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Childhood Craniopharyngioma: Hypothalamus-Sparing Surgery Decreases the Risk of Obesity

Author(s) -

Églantine Elowe-Gruau,

Jacques Beltrand,

Raja Brauner,

Graziella Pinto,

Dinane SamaraBoustani,

Caroline Thalassinos,

Kanetee Busiah,

Kathleen Laborde,

Nathalie Boddaert,

Michel Zérah,

Claire Alapetite,

Jacques Grill,

Philippe Touraine,

Christian SainteRose,

Michel Polak,

Stéphanie Puget

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jc.2012-3928

Subject(s) - medicine , craniopharyngioma , cohort , body mass index , obesity , surgery , prospective cohort study , cohort study , radiation therapy , pediatrics

Craniopharyngioma is a brain tumor whose high local recurrence rate has for a long time led to a preference for extensive surgery. Limited surgery minimizing hypothalamic damage may decrease the severe obesity rate at the expense of the need for radiotherapy to complete the treatment.

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