POSTERIOR-FOSSA TUMORS IN CHILDREN - INDICATIONS FOR VENTRICULAR DRAINAGE AND FOR V-P SHUNTING

Authors
IMIELINSKI BL KLOC W WASILEWSKI W LICZBIK W PUZYREWSKI R KARWACKI Z
Citation
Bl. Imielinski et al., POSTERIOR-FOSSA TUMORS IN CHILDREN - INDICATIONS FOR VENTRICULAR DRAINAGE AND FOR V-P SHUNTING, Child's nervous system, 14(6), 1998, pp. 227-229
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Pediatrics,Surgery
Journal title
Child's nervous system → ACNP
ISSN journal
02567040
Volume
14
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
227 - 229
Database
ISI
SICI code
0256-7040(1998)14:6<227:PTIC-I>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
A clinical analysis of 95 patients with posterior fossa tumors treated in the Department of Neurosurgery of the Medical University in Gdansk over a period of 16 years (1979-1995) is presented. The following pre operative factors were studied: localization, size and suspected type of tumor, size of the ventricular system, and presence or absence of t he ''halo'' symptom. The indications for ventricular drainage (Fisher) versus V-P shunting as a preliminary treatment are discussed. Finally , the advantages of each of these procedures are emphasized.