Prone versus sitting position in pediatric low-grade posterior fossa tumors.
Valentina BaroRiccardo LavezzoElisabetta MartonPierluigi LongattiAndrea LandiLuca DenaroDomenico d'AvellaPublished in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2019)
Our results suggest that both sitting and prone position can be considered safe in suboccipital craniotomies. Further studies are needed to show if there are possible differences between these positions for other frequent pediatric tumors such as medulloblastomas and ependymomas.
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