AN EARLY POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD IN PATIENTS WITH POSTERIOR-FOSSA TUMORS

The studies carried out during an early postoperative period in patien ts with posterior fossa tumors were made to analyse the role of the de gree and the level of brain stem damages in formation of cerebral reac tions. The three groups of cases were selected in accordance with the course of the postoperative period: 1.1 - with exitus letalis (irrever sible damages); 1.2 - rehabilitation in persistent focal damages; 2 - restoration with functional safety of brain stem. Differences of the I ntegral cerebral reactions (the state of consciousness, emotional-affe ctive disorders, awakening state) as well as the brain stem syndromes (formation of pathological systems, reciprocal relations between intac t and destroyed brain stem structures) and diencephalic-subcortical sy ndromes were considered.