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Long-term follow-up of children and juveniles with arachnoid cysts

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In the vast literature on intracranial arachnoid cysts, communication of long-term follow-up is rare. Therefore, we studied the case histories of 60 children and juveniles operated on in our hospital since 1951. The most favorable cases were patients with temporal cysts: 93% recovered fully or with only slight deficits. In other locations (frontal, parietal, occipital, infratentorial), the percentages for a favorable course were lower. The reason cannot be attributed to the operation procedures. Independent of the surgical procedure, there were no postoperative deaths after 1969. Long-term follow-up revealed that, depending on the location of the arachnoid cyst, a high percentage (62%–93% of patients) had normal physical and social development with satisfactory quality of life.

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  1. Neurochirurgische Universitätsklinik, Joseph-Steltzmann-Strasse 9, D-5000, Köln 41, Federal Republic of Germany

    K. E. Richard, K. Dahl & P. Sanker

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Dedicated to Professor R.A. Frowein on the occasion of his 65th birthday

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Richard, K.E., Dahl, K. & Sanker, P. Long-term follow-up of children and juveniles with arachnoid cysts. Child's Nerv Syst 5, 184–187 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00272124

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