Nn. Bragina et al., AN EARLY POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD IN PATIENTS WITH POSTERIOR-FOSSA TUMORS, Zurnal nevropatologii i psihiatrii im. S.S. Korsakova, 97(2), 1997, pp. 10-14
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.