Cite

Copy

Tap on and choose 'Add to Home Screen' to create a shortcut app

Tap on and choose 'Install/Install App' to create a shortcut app

Complicatons of Therapies for Infratentorial Ependymomas in Children

This page was last updated on May 9th, 2017

Surgical

Hydrocephalus after tumor resection

  • Unusual to require treatment: Permanent CSF diversion after complete or near-complete tumor resection is usually not required.
  • Risk factors include young age and large tumors: The need for postoperative shunt placement is more likely in younger patients and those with large tumors or long-standing ventriculomegaly (22).
  • Elevated ICP and treatment of CSF leak: Elevated ICP in association with large ventricles can be a factor leading to treatment, as can progressive ventriculomegaly on postoperative imaging studies. A pseudomeningocele that is enlarging and/or a CSF leak are events that will lead to consideration for treatment.

Cranial nerve injury

  • Direct surgical injury: Lower cranial nerve injury, mostly seen with laterally located tumors, is usually temporary, but sometimes tracheostomy or gastrostomy is needed.

Your donations keep us going

The ISPN Guide is free to use, but we rely on donations to fund our ongoing work and to maintain more than a thousand pages of information created to disseminate the most up-to-date knowledge in the field of paediatric neurosurgery.

By making a donation to The ISPN Guide you are also indirectly helping the many thousands of children around the world whose treatment depends on well-informed surgeons.

Please consider making a donation today.

Use the app

The ISPN Guide can be used as a standalone app, both on mobile devices and desktop computers. It’s quick and easy to use.

Fully featured

Free registration grants you full access to The Guide and host of featured designed to help further your own education.

Stay updated

The ISPN Guide continues to expand both in breadth and depth. Join our mailing list to stay up-to-date with our progress.