| Mutism after posterior fossa surgery. Review of the literature. | |
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PMID: 11516555 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Mutism is an infrequent and transitory complication observed following posterior fossa surgery. Patients become mute in the immediate postoperative period, with restoration of speech within a few weeks. A review of the literature disclosed 157 patients with this condition. The anatomical structures thought to be involved are the connections between the cerebella dentate nucleous, the ventrolateral nucleous of the contalateral thalamus and the supplementary motor area. We reviewed 157 of cerebellar mutism; however several reports did not give sufficient information about the patients and 134 cases were selected for this study. The ages of the patients ranged from 2 to 61 years and the vermisat was the site of the tumour in 89% of the cases. All tumours were considered to be large or very large. The mutism lasted from 4 days to 52 months and was transient in all cases. |
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Authors:
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M Gelabert-González; J Fernández-Villa |
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Type: Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Clinical neurology and neurosurgery Volume: 103 ISSN: 0303-8467 ISO Abbreviation: Clin Neurol Neurosurg Publication Date: 2001 Jul |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2001-08-22 Completed Date: 2001-10-04 Revised Date: 2009-10-14 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7502039 Medline TA: Clin Neurol Neurosurg Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 111-4 Citation Subset: IM |
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Neurosurgical Service, Department of Surgery, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. cimigego@usc.es |
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Adolescent Adult Cerebellar Neoplasms / surgery* Child Child, Preschool Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / surgery* Male Middle Aged Mutism / etiology* Postoperative Complications / etiology* Skull Base Neoplasms / surgery* |
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