title: Paraplegia after posterior fossa surgery in prone position: can we prevent it?
authors.affiliation: Département de Neurosciences Cliniques, Service de Neurochirurgie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland. rodolfo.maduri@gmail.com.|Service de Neurochirurgie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, BH08, 46 rue du Bugnon, 1011, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland. rodolfo.maduri@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Rodolfo
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6649-5585
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maduri
authors.affiliation: Département de Neurosciences Cliniques, Service de Neurochirurgie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.|Faculté de Biologie et Médecine, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: R-T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Daniel
authors.affiliation: Département Médico-Chirurgical de Pédiatrie, Service d'Hémato-Oncologie Pédiatrique|, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diezi
authors.affiliation: Département Médico-Chirurgical de Pédiatrie, Service de Soins Intensifs de Pédiatrie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cotting
authors.affiliation: Département de Neurosciences Cliniques, Service de Neurochirurgie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Messerer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D016684:Prone Position; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae