Bariatric Surgery for Hypothalamic Obesity in Craniopharyngioma Patients: A Retrospective, Matched Case-Control Study.
Selveta S van SantenPeter WolfNatalia KremenevskiCesar L BoguszewskiHannes BeiglböckMarta FioccoMark WijnenVille R WalleniusMarry M van den Heuvel-EibrinkAart J van der LelyGudmundur JohannssonAnton LugerMichael KrebsMichael BuchfelderPatric J D DelhantySebastian J C M M NeggersDaniel S OlssonPublished in: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (2021)
Obese patients with craniopharyngioma had a substantial mean weight loss of 22% at 5-year follow-up after bariatric surgery, independent of type of bariatric surgery procedure. Weight loss was lower than in obese controls after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Bariatric surgery appears to be effective and relatively safe in the treatment of obese craniopharyngioma patients.