[Psychic disorders. An unknown complication of surgery of the posterior cranial fossa].
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.
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XXV Divisione di Neurochirurgia, USL n. 40-Ospedale, A. Cardarelli, Napoli.
De Marinis
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Ruggiero
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Ambrosio
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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*
Disturbi psichici. Una complicanza misconosciuta della chirurgia in fossa cranica posteriore.