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Schaumann A, Hammar C, Alsleben S, Schulz M, Grün A, Lankes E, Tietze A, Koch A, Hernáiz Driever P, Thomale UW. Neurosurgical treatment of pediatric brain tumors - results from a single center multidisciplinary setup. Childs Nerv Syst 2024; 40:381-393. [PMID: 37730915 PMCID: PMC10837233 DOI: 10.1007/s00381-023-06123-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE The challenge of pediatric brain tumor surgery is given due to a relative low prevalence but high heterogeneity in age, localization, and pathology. Improvements of long-term overall survival rates were achieved during the past decades stressing the importance of a multidisciplinary decision process guided by a national treatment protocol. We reviewed the entire spectrum of pediatric brain tumor surgeries from the perspective of an interdisciplinary pediatric neuro-oncology center in Germany. METHODS Every patient who underwent brain tumor surgery from January 2010 to June 2017 in our Pediatric Neurosurgery department was retrospectively included and evaluated regarding the course of treatment. Perioperative data such as tumor localization, timing of surgery, extent of resection, neuropathological diagnosis, transfusion rates, oncologic and radiation therapy, and neurological follow-up including morbidity and mortality were evaluated. RESULTS Two hundred ninety-three pediatric brain tumor patients were applicable (age: 8.28 ± 5.62 years, 1.22:1.0 m:f). A total of 531 tumor surgical interventions was performed within these patients (457 tumor resections, 74 tumor biopsies; mean interventions per patient 1.8 ± 1.2). Due to a critical neurologic status, 32 operations (6%) were performed on the day of admission. In 65.2% of all cases, tumor were approached supratentorially. Most frequent diagnoses of the cases were glial tumors (47.8%) and embryonal tumors (17.6%). Preoperative planned extent of resection was achieved in 92.7%. Pre- and postoperative neurologic deficits resolved completely in 30.7%, whereas symptom regressed in 28.6% of surgical interventions. New postoperative neurologic deficit was observed in 10.7%, which resolved or improved in 80% of these cases during 30 days. The mortality rate was 1%. CONCLUSION We outlined the center perspective of a specialized pediatric neuro-oncological center describing the heterogeneous distribution of cases regarding age-related prevalence, tumor localization, and biology, which requires a high multidisciplinary expertise. The study contributes to define challenges in treating pediatric brain tumors and to develop quality indicators for pediatric neuro-oncological surgery. We assume that an adequate volume load of patients within a interdisciplinary infrastructure is warranted to aim for effective treatment and decent quality of life for the majority of long-term surviving pediatric tumor patients.
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Affiliation(s)
- A Schaumann
- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department for Radiation Oncology and Radiotherapy, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Neuroradiology, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Neuropathology, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany.
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Schuster W, Fischer R, Alsleben S, Schuster B. Cryptosporidium sp. in stool specimens from diarrhoeic and asymptomatic individuals in the Magdeburg area (East Germany). Angew Parasitol 1991; 32:193-7. [PMID: 1803951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Unselected stool specimens from a total of 2,944 individuals with diarrhoea including 1,172 children under 14 years of age were investigated for Cryptosporidium oocysts in the Magdeburg area from 1987 to 1988, 43 (1.46%) were found positive. Three of these were additionally infected with bacterial pathogens (Campylobacter species). In all cases the symptoms of diarrhoea ceased spontaneously after an average of 8 days. The incidence was highest among children and infants under 6 years of age (2.50%). No cryptosporidia were found in stool specimens of 570 healthy individuals of all age groups. Cysts of Giardia sp. were detected more frequently in healthy than in diarrhoeic individuals (3.3% and 2.0%, respectively). The postulation to search for cryptosporidia in all cases of diarrhoea lasting longer than two days is inferred from these results.
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