Surgical site infection in paediatric posterior fossa surgery: does pathology matter?
Childs Nerv Syst
; 37(6): 1859-1861, 2021 06.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
The aim of this study was to explore the rates and potential risks of surgical site infection (SSI) after posterior fossa surgery for tumour resection in children.METHODS:
We retrospectively reviewed our local paediatric (age < 16 years) database for all cases of posterior fossa (PF) brain tumour surgery between November 2008 and November 2019. We collected patient demographics, tumour histology/location, and the event of postoperative surgical site infection.RESULTS:
Overall, 22.1% (n=15) developed SSI out of sixty-eight children undergoing PF surgery for resection of brain tumours; 73.3% of them had a confirmed diagnosis of medulloblastoma. There was no statistically significant difference in the age (5.1 ± 0.60 vs. 6.2 ± 0.97 years; p=0.47) and duration of operation (262 vs. 253 min; p = 0.7655) between the medulloblastoma group and other tumours. Although the rate of postoperative hydrocephalus was higher in the medulloblastoma group (12.9% vs. 0%), this was not associated with increased SSI. Rates of CSF leak between the 2 groups were not different.CONCLUSION:
Medulloblastoma as a pathological entity seems to carry higher risk of postoperative surgical site infection compared to other types of paediatric posterior fossa tumours. Further larger studies are required to look into this causal relationship and other risk factors that might be involved.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neoplasias Infratentoriales
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Neoplasias Cerebelosas
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Meduloblastoma
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Childs Nerv Syst
Asunto de la revista:
NEUROLOGIA
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PEDIATRIA
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido