P. Emami

Association between perioperative factors and the occurrence of postoperative cerebellar mutism syndrome in children.

Purpose Postoperative cerebellar mutism syndrome (pCMS) is a complex condition involving neurological impairment including mutism, hypotonia and dysphagia, that occurs after resection of infratentorial lesions predominantly in children. While the literature has reported several preoperative risk factors, there is littl...