Risk factors for surgical site infection in pediatric posterior fossa tumors.
Amparo SaenzEugenia BadaloniMiguel GrijalbaJuan F VillalongaRomina ArgañarazBeatriz MantesePublished in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2021)
Some strategies that could help to reduce the risk of infections are managing hydrocephalus preferably with endoscopic third ventriculostomy, minimizing the needed operative time to perform the procedure, obtaining an adequate serum hemoglobin level, and avoiding CSF leak through the wound.