Permanent Cerebrospinal Fluid Diversion in Adults With Posterior Fossa Tumors: Incidence and Predictors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Posterior fossa tumors (PFTs) can cause hydrocephalus. Hydrocephalus can persist despite resection of PFTs in a subset of patients requiring permanent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diversion. Characteristics of this patient subset are not well defined.

Objective

To define preoperative and postoperative variables that predict the need for postoperative CSF diversion in adult patients with PFTs.

Methods

We surveyed the CNS (Central Nervous System) Tumor Outcomes Registry at Emory (CTORE) for patients who underwent PFT resection at 3 tertiary-care centers between 2006 and 2019. Demographic, radiographic, perioperative, and dispositional data were analyzed using univariate and multivariate models.

Results

We included 617 patients undergoing PFT resection for

SUBMITTER: Saad H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8600168 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature