Affiliations: Division of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital Los
Angeles, CA, USA | Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of
Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Note: [] Corresponding author: J. Gordon McComb, 1300 N. Vermont Ave.
Doctor's Tower, Suite 1006, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA. Tel.: +1 323 361 2169;
Fax: +1 323 361 3101; E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: As brain tumor patients are transferred to a rehabilitation unit in
a stable condition, subsequent neurosurgical involvement is needed to address
later developing complications. Problems of cerebrospinal fluid circulation are
the most common and include shunt malfunction. Infection is the next in
frequency, with wound and shunt infection the most likely. Bleeding rarely
occurs, especially acutely, and is more apt to be seen with chronic subdural
hematomas.
Keywords: Neurosurgical care, rehabilitation, pediatric brain tumor, complications, CSF diversion
