Journal article
External ventricular drainage in the management of pediatric patients with posterior fossa tumors and hydrocephalus: a retrospective cohort study
Abstract
PurposeTo determine whether intraoperative adjunctive EVD placement in patients with a posterior fossa tumor (PFT) led to improved surgical, radiographic, and clinical outcomes compared to those who did not receive an EVD.MethodsPatients were grouped as those who underwent routine intraoperative adjunctive EVD insertion and those who did not at time of PFT resection. Patients who pre-operatively required a clinically indicated EVD insertion …
Authors
Verhey LH; Maharaj A; Patel N; Manoranjan B; Ajani O; Fleming A; Farrokhyar F; Singh SK; Yarascavitch B
Journal
Child's Nervous System, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 887–894
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
4 2023
DOI
10.1007/s00381-022-05818-8
ISSN
0256-7040