Open AccessPermanent Cerebrospinal Fluid Diversion in Adults With Posterior Fossa Tumors: Incidence and Predictors
Author(s) -
Hassan Saad,
David P. Bray,
James T. McMahon,
Brandon Philbrick,
Reem Dawoud,
J. Miller Douglas,
Segun Adeagbo,
Steven K. Yarmoska,
Matthew Agam,
Jocelyn Chow,
Gustavo Pradilla,
Jeffrey J. Olson,
Ali Alawieh,
Kevin Hoang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.455
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1093/neuros/nyab341
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , hydrocephalus , shunting , surgery , cerebrospinal fluid , ependymoma , endoscopic third ventriculostomy , univariate analysis , cerebrospinal fluid leak , multivariate analysis
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.