Objective:To summarize the surgery strategies for the third ventricle craniopharyngioma. Methods:Clinical data of 28 pa-tients treated in our hospital were retrospectively analyzed. The surgery effect and indications between lamina terminalis approach and the anterior interhemispheric fissure-corpus callosum-septum pellucidum-interforniceal approach were compared. Results:There was no significant statistical differences in the gross tumor resection rate between these two kinds of approaches(P=0.907). The anterior interhemispheric fissure-corpus callosum-septum pellucidum-interforniceal approach had higher rate of post-operation complications as diabetes insipidus(P=0.027)and electrolyte disturbance(P=0.033). The lamina terminalis approach is suitable for tumors resection with main part under the third ventricle and above optic chiasma,while the anterior interhemispheric fissure-corpus callosum-septum pellucidum-interforniceal approach is suitable for tumors resection with main part in the third ventricle. Conclusion:Selecting a ap-propriate operation approach and protecting the hypothalamus and the pituitary stalk according to the imaging characteristics of the tumor are the keys of the surgery.