Abstract | PURPOSE: This study aims to evaluate an external drainage using an Ommaya reservoir for relieving perioperative hydrocephalus and reducing postoperative complications in children with posterior fossa tumors. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed the data from 48 children with posterior fossa tumors who underwent tumor resection between May 2006 and June 2012. An Ommaya reservoir was placed in the right lateral ventricle forehead for continuous perioperative drainage of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS: Using an Ommaya reservoir for perioperative external ventricular CSF drainage enabled tumors to be wholly and safely removed. Restoring CSF circulation provided an effective means of controlling and preventing hydrocephalus secondary to posterior fossa tumors in children.
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Authors | Changzhen Jiang, Xiyue Wu, Zhixiong Lin, Chenyang Wang, Dezhi Kang |
Journal | Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
(Childs Nerv Syst)
Vol. 29
Issue 8
Pg. 1293-7
(Aug 2013)
ISSN: 1433-0350 [Electronic] Germany |
PMID | 23503633
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Drainage
(instrumentation, methods)
- Female
- Humans
- Hydrocephalus
(etiology, therapy)
- Infratentorial Neoplasms
(complications)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Postoperative Complications
(therapy)
- Retrospective Studies
- Third Ventricle
(surgery)
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Ventriculostomy
(methods)
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