ESPE Abstracts

Background: Despite high survival rates in childhood craniopharyngioma, prognosis is frequently impaired due to sequelae. Radical surgery was the treatment of choice for several decades. However, even at experienced surgical facilities radical surgery can result in hypothalamic disorders such as severe obesity.Objective and hypotheses: We analyzed, whether treatment strategies for childhood craniopharyngioma patients recruited in German studies (KRANIOPH...