Stieglitz, Lennart H; Wrede, Karsten H; Gharabaghi, Alireza; Gerganov, Venelin M; Samii, Amir; Samii, Madjid; Luedemann, Wolf O (2009). Factors affecting postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leaks after retrosigmoidal craniotomy for vestibular schwannomas. Journal of neurosurgery, 111(4), pp. 874-83. Charlottesville, Va.: American Association of Neurological Surgeons 10.3171/2009.2.JNS081380
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)OBJECT: The aim of this study was to identify patients likely to develop CSF leaks after vestibular schwannoma surgery using a retrospective analysis for the identification of risk factors. METHODS: Between January 2001 and December 2006, 420 patients underwent retrosigmoidal microsurgical tumor removal in a standardized procedure. Of these 420 patients, 363 underwent treatment for the first time, and 27 suffered from recurrent tumors. Twenty-six patients had bilateral tumors due to neurofibromatosis Type 2, and 4 patients had previously undergone radiosurgical treatment. An analysis was performed to examine the incidence of postoperative CSF fistulas in all 4 groups. RESULTS: The incidence of CSF leakage was higher in the tumor recurrence group (11.1%) than in patients undergoing surgery for the first time (4.4%). There were no CSF fistulas in the neurofibromatosis Type 2 group or in patients with preoperative radiosurgical treatment. Tumor size was identified as a possible risk factor in a previous study. CONCLUSIONS: Surgery for recurrent tumors is a significant risk factor for the development of CSF leaks.
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Journal Article (Further Contribution) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurosurgery |
UniBE Contributor: |
Stieglitz, Lennart |
ISSN: |
0022-3085 |
Publisher: |
American Association of Neurological Surgeons |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 15:13 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:22 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3171/2009.2.JNS081380 |
PubMed ID: |
19326990 |
Web of Science ID: |
000270550000033 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/32016 (FactScience: 196841) |
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