Post-operative pediatric cerebellar mutism syndrome: the method of risk evaluation
Postoperative cerebellar mutism syndrome (PCMS) occurs in 9-29 % of children after posterior fossa tumors resection, manifesting in aphasia and emotional lability with hypotonia and dysphagia progression. Clinical neuropsycho -logical parameters analysis was undertaken in 91 patients aged 4-17 with cerebellar and IV ventricle tumors before and after surgical treatment. Neuropsychological methods for children of various age groups were used: L.S. Tsvetkova (1998), A.V. Semenovich (2007), L.I. Vasserman, S.A. Dorofeeva, Ya.O. Meerson; A.I. Zacharov’s Questionnaire of neurotization for children (1998); V.V. Sednev’s Paediatric questionnaire of neuroses for children, Z.G. Zbarskin, K.A. Burtsev (1997), Yale and Brown Universities’ clinical scale of obsessive-compulsive disorders BOCS (pediatric version) (2006), standard clinical investigation. Based on identified characteristics of PCMS risk evaluation in children with cerebellar and brainstem tumors was proposed.