Assessment of surgical efficiency in patients having posterior cranial fossa epidermoid tumors

Authors

  • Rustem Trosh Romodanov Neurosurgery Institute, Kiev, Ukraine
  • Oleksandr Lisianyi Romodanov Neurosurgery Institute, Kiev, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9965-9993
  • Viktor Gudkov Romodanov Neurosurgery Institute, Kiev, Ukraine
  • Petro Onishchenko Romodanov Neurosurgery Institute, Kiev, Ukraine

Keywords:

epidermoid tumors, volume removal, mortality

Abstract

Based on the data from 35 epidermoid tumor cases (37 tumors located in cerebellopontile angle and 16 in the IV — the ventricle) the analysis of postoperative mortality was carried out with regard for the tumor volume and surgical radicality. The analysis revealed that subtotal tumor removal allows to considerably decrease postoperative mortality in cerebellopontile angle epidermoid tumors and exclude mortality in tumors of the IV — th ventricle.

It may be concluded therefore that the most appropriate method of posterior cranial fossa tumor removal is to remove a tumor subtotally leaving its small part closely tied to the brain structures unremoved.

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Trosh, R., Lisianyi, O., Gudkov, V., & Onishchenko, P. Assessment of surgical efficiency in patients having posterior cranial fossa epidermoid tumors. Ukrainian Neurosurgical Journal, (2), 60–64. Retrieved from https://theunj.org/article/view/48418

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No. 2 (2000)

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