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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Posterior fossa surgery is surgery involving the back the head which contains the cerebellum, an organ responsible for co-ordination, a number of important nerves (the lower [[cranial nerves]]), and also the junction between the brain and the spine. | [[Posterior fossa]] surgery is surgery involving the back the head which contains the [[cerebellum]], an organ responsible for co-ordination, a number of important nerves (the lower [[cranial nerves]]), and also the junction between the brain and the spine. | ||
==Causes== | ==Causes== | ||
Latest revision as of 15:10, 22 July 2012
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Posterior fossa surgery is surgery involving the back the head which contains the cerebellum, an organ responsible for co-ordination, a number of important nerves (the lower cranial nerves), and also the junction between the brain and the spine.
Causes
- Brain tumors
- Brain hemorrhages
- Brain vessel abnormalities such as cerebral aneurysms, and various problems that date from childhood, especially
Chiari malformations at the junction of the brain and spine.