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Postoperative Vertebral Column Complications

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Posterior Fossa Tumors in Children

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Vertebral column deformities after resection of posterior fossa tumors in children have been well documented. These include mainly postlaminectomy kyphosis and cervical instability. Risk factors for postoperative vertebral column deformities include multiple levels of laminectomies, involvement of C2, cervical region, childhood, adjuvant radiotherapy, lateral extension of decompression, facetectomy, and number of levels resected.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Marmara University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

    Bahattin Tanrıkulu M.D. & Deniz Konya M.D.

  2. Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Acıbadem University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

    M. Memet Özek M.D.

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  1. Neurosurgery, Acıbadem University, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

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  2. Pediatric Neurosurgery, Santobono Children's Hospital, Naples, Napoli, Italy

    Giuseppe Cinalli

  3. Dept. Neurosurgery, Royal Childrens Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Wirginia Maixner

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Tanrıkulu, B., Özek, M.M., Konya, D. (2015). Postoperative Vertebral Column Complications. In: Özek, M., Cinalli, G., Maixner, W., Sainte-Rose, C. (eds) Posterior Fossa Tumors in Children. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11274-9_63

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