Skull Base Neurosurgery in the Pediatric Population: A Single-Center Case Series.

Autor: Alattar, Ali A., Garcia, Joseph, Slingerland, Anna L., Fernandes-Cabral, David T., Zenonos, Georgios A., Choby, Garret, Stapleton, Amanda, Wang, Eric W., Snyderman, Carl H., Gardner, Paul A., McDowell, Michael
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Zdroj: Journal of Neurological Surgery. Part B. Skull Base; 2024 Supplement, Vol. 85, pS1-S398, 398p
Abstrakt: This article presents a retrospective review of pediatric patients who underwent endoscopic endonasal surgery (EES) for skull base pathologies at a large tertiary pediatric hospital between 1999 and 2022. The study included 243 patients with a median age of 14.2 years, with a male predominance. Various pathologies were treated, including juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma, craniopharyngioma, chordoma, pituitary adenoma, encephalocele, Rathke cleft cyst, and basilar invagination or odontoid pannus. Most patients were treated with EES alone, and the overall rate of postoperative complications was 14%. CSF leak was the most common complication. The study concludes that EES is an effective approach for pediatric skull base pathologies, with lower neurovascular complication rates compared to traditional open approaches. [Extracted from the article]
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