Postoperative speech impairment and cranial nerve deficits after secondary surgery of posterior fossa tumours in childhood : a prospective European multicentre study
Purpose: Brain tumours constitute 25% of childhood neoplasms, and half of them are in the posterior fossa. Surgery is a fundamental component of therapy, because gross total resection is associated with a higher progression-free survival. Patients with residual tumour, progression of residual tumour or disease recurrence commonly require secondary surgery. We prospectively investigated the risk of
