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ArticleChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2019

Pediatric craniopharyngioma.

Annie Drapeau, Patrick C Walz, Jacob G Eide, Alex J Rugino, Ammar Shaikhouni, Ahmed Mohyeldin, Ricardo L Carrau, Daniel M Prevedello

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Article in Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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48citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Global pediatric craniopharyngioma management modalities and outcomes.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2024
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  8. Indications and Limits of Endoscopic Endonasal Approaches in Pediatric Neurosurgery.Advances and technical standards in neurosurgery · 2026
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  9. Mapping influence in pediatric craniopharyngioma: the 50 most cited articles.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025
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  10. Mapping the evolution of pediatric craniopharyngioma research: a bibliometric analysis.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025
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  14. Adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma stone: is it a tumor?Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Annie DrapeauDepartment of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA.
Patrick C WalzDepartment of Otolaryngology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, USA. patrick.walz@nationwidechildrens.org.
Jacob G EideDepartment of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Alex J RuginoOhioHealth Neurosurgery, Columbus, OH, USA.
Ammar ShaikhouniDepartment of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA.
Ahmed MohyeldinDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Ricardo L CarrauDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Daniel M PrevedelloDepartment of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA.
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center · USNationwide Children's Hospital · USNorthwestern University · USOhioHealth · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCraniopharyngioma has historically been recognized to be a formidable pathology primarily due to its proximity to critical neurovascular structures and the challenging surgical corridors that surgeons have tried to reach this lesion. FOCUS OF REVIEW: In this work, we review the medical and surgical management of these tumors with a focus on clinical presentation, diagnostic identification, surgical approach, and associated adjuvant therapies. We will also discuss our current treatment paradigm using endoscopic, open, and combined approaches to craniopharyngiomas. The management of craniopharyngiomas requires a multidisciplinary team of surgeons, endocrinologists, and neuroanesthesiologists as well as neurocritical care specialists to deliver the most comprehensive and safest surgical resection with minimal postoperative morbidity.

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AdolescentChildChild, PreschoolCraniopharyngiomaHemianopsiaHumansHypopituitarismMagnetic Resonance ImagingNeuroendoscopyNeurosurgical ProceduresPituitary NeoplasmsPostoperative ComplicationsRadiotherapy, AdjuvantTomography, X-Ray ComputedVision DisordersCraniopharyngiomaEndonasalPediatricSkull base

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PMID31385085
OpenAlexW4210713183

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