Complete ependymoma resection ensures a better prognosis for children with this tumor, but the complete excision of infratentorial ependymomas involves serious risks. Second-look surgery for tumor remnants may be less harmful and enable complete removal. There is a potential, although still unclear, role for neoadjuvant chemotherapy in preparation for further surgery.

Massimino, M., Solero, C., Garrè, M., Biassoni, V., Cama, A., Genitori, L., Di Rocco, C., Sardi, I., Viscardi, E., Modena, P., Potepan, P., Barra, S., Scarzello, G., Galassi, E., Giangaspero, F., Antonelli, M., Gandola, L., Second-look surgery for ependymoma: the Italian experience, <<JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY. PEDIATRICS>>, 2011; 8 (3): 246-250. [doi:10.3171/2011.6.PEDS1142] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/3441]

Second-look surgery for ependymoma: the Italian experience

Di Rocco, Concezio;Antonelli, Massimo;
2011

Abstract

Complete ependymoma resection ensures a better prognosis for children with this tumor, but the complete excision of infratentorial ependymomas involves serious risks. Second-look surgery for tumor remnants may be less harmful and enable complete removal. There is a potential, although still unclear, role for neoadjuvant chemotherapy in preparation for further surgery.
2011
Inglese
Massimino, M., Solero, C., Garrè, M., Biassoni, V., Cama, A., Genitori, L., Di Rocco, C., Sardi, I., Viscardi, E., Modena, P., Potepan, P., Barra, S., Scarzello, G., Galassi, E., Giangaspero, F., Antonelli, M., Gandola, L., Second-look surgery for ependymoma: the Italian experience, <<JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY. PEDIATRICS>>, 2011; 8 (3): 246-250. [doi:10.3171/2011.6.PEDS1142] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/3441]
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