Treatment of craniopharyngiomas--the stereotactic approach in a ten to twenty-three years' perspective. II. Psychosocial situation and pituitary function.

Fourty-two consecutive patients with craniopharyngioma were treated by "stereotactic approach", i.e. preferentially stereotactic puncture and installation of colloid isotope into cystic tumours and external stereotactic single dose irradiation to solid tumour parts.

Treatment of craniopharyngiomas--the stereotactic approach in a ten to twenty-three years' perspective. I. Surgical, radiological and ophthalmological aspects.

A multi-modality treatment programme, where stereotactic methods were used preferentially, gave results in a consecutive series of craniopharyngiomas, not inferior to those reported after microsurgical removal. Fourty-two patients with a follow-up range of 10-23 years are reported.