Surgical management of posterior fossa mass lesions

M. Ross Bullock; Randall Chesnut; Jamshid Ghajar; David Gordon; Roger Hartl; David W. Newell; Franco Servadei; Beverly C. Walters; Jack Wilberger

doi:10.1227/01.NEU.0000210366.36914.38

Surgical management of posterior fossa mass lesions

M. Ross Bullock, Randall Chesnut, Jamshid Ghajar, David Gordon, Roger Hartl, David W. Newell, Franco Servadei, Beverly C. Walters, Jack Wilberger

Neurological Surgery

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Abstract

There are no controlled, prospective clinical trials of treatment using surgical versus nonsurgical management of posterior fossa mass lesions. The available data support rapid evacuation of posterior fossa mass lesions that 1) show CT evidence of mass effect, or 2) result in progressive neurological dysfunction. Moreover, data support expectant management with serial imaging for select cases in which there is neurological stability and no radiological evidence for mass effect.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	S247-S255
Journal	Neurosurgery
Volume	58
Issue number	SUPPL. 3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1227/01.NEU.0000210366.36914.38
State	Published - Mar 2006

Keywords

Cerebellum
Coma
Computed tomographic parameters
Contusion
Head injury
Occipital
Posterior fossa
Surgical technique
Timing of surgery
Traumatic brain injury

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Surgery
Clinical Neurology

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