Table 7 Preoperative and postoperative statuses in 92 patients with craniopharyngiomas.
From: A novel endoscopic classification for craniopharyngioma based on its origin
Groups | Central type (n) | Peripheral type | Total (n[%]) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hypothalamic stalk CP (n) | Suprasellar stalk CP (n) | Intrasellar Stalk CP (n) | |||
Endocrinological status | |||||
Normal anterior pituitary function | 6 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 28 |
Unchanged | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0.0) |
Worsening | 6 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 28 (100.0) |
Partial hypopituitarism | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
Unchanged | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 (47.8) |
Improved | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0.0) |
Worsening | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 (52.2) |
Panhypopituitarism | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Unchanged | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 (100.0) |
Improved | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0.0) |
Worsening | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0.0) |
Preop DI | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
Unchanged | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 (75.0) |
Resolved | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 (25.0) |
New cases of DI | 10 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 56 |
Transient DI | 6 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 30 (53.6) |
Long-time DI | 4 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 26 (46.4) |
Visual function | |||||
Preop normal | 14 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 32 |
Unchanged | 13 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 30 (93.8) |
Worsening | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0.0) |
Preop visual impairment | 12 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 60 |
Unchanged | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 (30.0) |
Improved | 8 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 42 (70.0) |
Worsening | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0.0) |
Normalized | 6 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 32 (53.3) |
Obesity | |||||
Preop | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2.2) |
Postop | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 (11.1) |
