Posterior fossa surgery
Operation on the posterior fossa which lies at the back of the skull and contains important structures such as the brainstem and cerebellum.
Indications include debulking of tumours, vascular procedures and foramen magnum decompression
- Speciality Neurosurgery
- Urgency elective
- Duration 3 to 15 h
- Blood Loss 250 ml to 2 litres (+/- Blood Transfusion)
- Anaesthesia General Anaesthetic
- Nerve Blocks Local Anaesthetic Infiltration
- Procedures Arterial line, Central line, Nasogastric tube, Urinary catheter, Prone position, Lateral position, Sitting position, Cross-match Blood (2 units)
- Pain mild-moderate (++)
- Post-op Pain Local up to 4-8 hours
- Post-op Pain II Tablets, Injection (im, iv), PCA, Infusion
- Hospital Stay 5 to 10 days
- Full Recovery 3 to 6 months
- Additional Info https://academic.oup.com/bjaed/article/14/5/202/286711/Anaesthetic-considerations-for-posterior-fossa (BJA Education Journal, 2014)
- More Information St. George's Hospital
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