COMPARISON BETWEEN TELOVELAR APPROACH AND TRANSVERMIAN APPROACH IN MANAGMENT of FOURTH VENTRICULAR TUMORS

Abstract

This study includes forty patients presented at Ain Shams University Hospital and Nasser Institute with the diagnosis of fourth ventricular tumors in 4 years period between 2010 to 2014. The age of the patients range from 5 years to 50 years old of both sexes. The aim of this study is to compare the results of telovelar and transvermian approaches in the management of fourth ventricular tumors regarding to clinical outcome and extent of tumor excision. Four different pathological types, namely fourth ventricular ependymoma, choroid plexus tumors, medulloblastoma and cerebellar astrocytoma.