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Clinical Neuropsychology: Open Access
Neuropsychiatry 2018
August 27-28, 2018
August 27-28, 2018 Tokyo, Japan
8
th
Global Experts Meeting on
Advances in Neurology and Neuropsychiatry
Microsurgical resection versus stereotactic guided Ommaya reservoir drainage of cystic
craniopharyngioma
Mohamed Hasan Mansour
Al-Azhar University, Egypt
Background:
Craniopharyngioma is often associated with cystic components. Although these tumors are histologically benign,
recurrence rates up to 57% have been reported even after surgical gross total resections, due to their invasiveness.
Objective:
To compare the outcome of invasive and less invasive surgeries of cystic craniopharyngioma.
Methods:
This study included 20 patients diagnosed and managed in Al-Azhar University Hospitals and Al-Mansoura
University Hospital between May 2015 and April 2017. Ten patients were treated by surgical modalities, 10 patients were
treated by a less invasive maneuver by superior fenestration and insertion of Ommaya reservoir. The craniopharyngioma was
predominately cystic.
Conclusion:
Ommaya reservoir insertion and drainage of cystic craniopharyngiomas is safe and effective for symptom relief
and might be associated with a better outcome than microsurgical treatment.
mohamedhasanmansour@gmail.comClinNeuropsychol 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.4172/2472-095X-C1-003