EFFECTS OF VENTRICULAR DRAINAGE AND DURAL CLOSURE ON CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID LEAKS AFTER POSTERIOR-FOSSA TUMOR SURGERY

Authors
MUSZYNSKI CA LAURENT JP CHEEK WR
Citation
Ca. Muszynski et al., EFFECTS OF VENTRICULAR DRAINAGE AND DURAL CLOSURE ON CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID LEAKS AFTER POSTERIOR-FOSSA TUMOR SURGERY, Pediatric neurosurgery, 21(4), 1994, pp. 227-231
Citations number
46
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,Neurosciences,Surgery
Journal title
Pediatric neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
10162291
Volume
21
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
227 - 231
Database
ISI
SICI code
1016-2291(1994)21:4<227:EOVDAD>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
In a retrospective study of 50 consecutive children with posterior fos sa tumors treated at Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex., in 1989 -1992, we evaluated perioperative factors which might influence the de velopment of postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leaks. Factors analyzed included the presence of preoperative hydrocephalus, the institution of cerebrospinal fluid diversion, and the method of dural closure. No statistically significant impact on subsequent cerebrospinal fluid lea kage was demonstrated.