Neurosurgical aspects of the treatment of neuroblastoma patients

• Published in: Zhurnal voprosy neĭrokhirurgii imeni N. N. Burdenko Vol. 80; no. 3; p. 50
• Main Authors: Ozerov, S S, Samarin, A E, Andreev, E S, Tereshchenko, G V, Kachanov, D Yu, Shamanskaya, T V, Varfolomeeva, S R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Russia (Federation) 2016
• Subjects: Decompression, Surgical - adverse effects; Female; Humans; Infant; Male; Neuroblastoma - diagnostic imaging; Neuroblastoma - surgery; Neurosurgical Procedures - adverse effects; Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms - surgery; Postoperative Complications; Spinal Cord Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Spinal Cord Neoplasms - surgery

Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common extracranial solid tumor in children. The neoplasm grows from progenitor cells of the sympathetic nervous system and can be detected anywhere along the sympathetic neurological circuit: retroperitoneally, mediastinally, cervically, and pelvically. Examination of...