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. 2024 Sep 4;16(3):288–296. doi: 10.4274/jcrpe.galenos.2024.2024-1-3

Table 2. Postoperative follow-up and outcomes in patients with craniopharyngioma.

Postoperative findings - follow-up

Follow-up duration (years)

 4.5±3.9 [0.08; 20]

Age at last follow-up (years)

13.7±4.9 [2.9; 29]

Height SDS

-1.1±1.6 [-6.4; 2.6]

BMI SDS

1.4±1.4 [-2.35; 5.08]

Relapse (n)

58 (38.2%)

Remission (n)

92 (60.5%)

Type of surgery

GTR (n)

97 (63.8%)

Subtotal (n)

54 (35.5%)

Transnasal (n)

76 (50%)

Endoscopic (n)

73 (48%)

Gamma knife (n)

2 (1.3%)

Radiotherapy (n)

18 (11.8%)

Postoperative hormone deficiencies in patients

Growth hormone deficiency

99 (65.1%)

Gonadotropin deficiency (total 109 pubertal status)

66 (43.4%)

TSH deficiency

140 (92.1%)

ACTH deficiency

123 (81%)

Central diabetes insipidus

120 (78.9%)

BMI SDS: body mass index standard deviation (SD) score, ACTH: adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency, TSH: thyroid-stimulating hormone, GTR: gross total resection