title: [Psychic disorders. An unknown complication of surgery of the posterior cranial fossa].
abstract: Psychic trouble is not generally recognised as a possible complication of posterior fossa surgery. Reviewing a series of 63 pediatric patients operated on for posterior fossa intraxial tumors, the Authors found 21 cases of psychic troubles in the post-operative period. The incidence was higher in: a) medulloblastoma; b) rostral vermis location; c) supracerebellar infratentorial and transvermian approach. The neuropathophysiological basis of the phenomenon is discussed.
authors.affiliation: XXV Divisione di Neurochirurgia, USL n. 40-Ospedale, A. Cardarelli, Napoli.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Punzo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Marinis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ruggiero
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: D'Arienzo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ambrosio
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Graziano
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*
vernacular_title: Disturbi psichici. Una complicanza misconosciuta della chirurgia in fossa cranica posteriore.