The effect of tumor removal via craniotomies on preoperative hydrocephalus in adult patients with intracranial tumors.

The efficacy of tumor removal via craniotomies on preoperative hydrocephalus (HC) in adult patients with intracranial tumors is largely unknown. Therefore, we sought to evaluate the effect of tumor resection in patients with preoperative HC and identify the incidence and risk factors for postoperative VP shunt dependency. All craniotomies for intracranial tumors at Oslo University Hospital in patients ≥ 18 years old during a 10-year period (2004-2013) were reviewed.

Risk factors for new-onset shunt-dependency after craniotomies for intracranial tumors in adult patients.

The risk of developing a de novo shunt-dependent hydrocephalus (HC) after undergoing a craniotomy for brain tumor in adult patients is largely unknown. All craniotomies for intracranial tumors at Oslo University Hospital in adult patients ≥18 years of age during a 10-year period (2004-2013) were included. None were lost to follow-up.

Cerebrospinal fluid disturbances after 381 consecutive craniotomies for intracranial tumors in pediatric patients.

Object: The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of CSF disturbances before and after intracranial surgery for pediatric brain tumors in a large, contemporary, single-institution consecutive series.

Methods: All pediatric patients (those < 18 years old), from a well-defined population of 3.0 million inhabitants, who underwent craniotomies for intracranial tumors at Oslo University Hospital in Rikshospitalet between 2000 and 2010 were included.

Surgical mortality and selected complications in 273 consecutive craniotomies for intracranial tumors in pediatric patients.

Background: In order to weigh the risks of surgery against the presumed advantages, it is important to have specific knowledge about complication rates. Contemporary reports on complications following craniotomy for tumor resection in pediatric patients are scarce.

Objective: To study the surgical mortality and rate of hematomas, infections, meningitis, infarctions, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks, as well as neurological morbidity, after craniotomy for pediatric brain tumors in a large, contemporary, single-institution consecutive series.

Surgical mortality at 30 days and complications leading to recraniotomy in 2630 consecutive craniotomies for intracranial tumors.

Background: In order to weigh the risks of surgery against the presumed advantages, it is important to have specific knowledge about complication rates.

Objective: To study the surgical mortality and rate of reoperations for hematomas and infections after intracranial surgery for brain tumors in a large, contemporary, single-institution consecutive series.

Methods: All adult patients from a well-defined population of 2.