Ataxia and mobility in children following surgical resection of posterior fossa tumour: A longitudinal cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To report the course of ataxia in children up to 2 years post-operatively, following surgical resection of a posterior fossa tumour (PFT).

Methods

Thirty-five children, (median age 9 years, range 4-15) having resection of PFT, were assessed using the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA), Brief Ataxia Rating Scale (BARS) and the mobility domain of the Paediatric Evaluation of Disability Index (PEDI-m) at initial post-operative period (baseline), 3 months, 1 year and 2 years post-operatively.

Results

Baseline median scores of the SARA and BARS were 8.5 (range 0-35.5), and 7 (0-25) respectively. Ataxia improved at 3 months (median SARA and BARS reduction 3.5 and 4, respectively). Additional gradual improvements in SARA were recorded at 1 (median r

SUBMITTER: Hartley H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8423635 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature