Title
Systematic review of pineal cysts surgery in pediatric patients
Date Issued
01 December 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
review
Author(s)
Colasanti R.
Baluszek S.
Resendiz-Nieves J.
Muhammad S.
Ludtka C.
Hernesniemi J.
University of Helsinki
Publisher(s)
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Abstract
Introduction: We present a consecutive case series and a systematic review of surgically treated pediatric PCs. We hypothesized that the symptomatic PC is a progressive disease with hydrocephalus at its last stage. We also propose that PC microsurgery is associated with better postoperative outcomes compared to other treatments. Methods: The systematic review was conducted in PubMed and Scopus. No clinical study on pediatric PC patients was available. We performed a comprehensive evaluation of the available individual patient data of 43 (22 case reports and 21 observational series) articles. Results: The review included 109 patients (72% females). Ten-year-old or younger patients harbored smaller PC sizes compared to older patients (p < 0.01). The pediatric PCs operated on appeared to represent a progressive disease, which started with unspecific symptoms with a mean cyst diameter of 14.5 mm, and progressed to visual impairment with a mean cyst diameter of 17.8 mm, and hydrocephalus with a mean cyst diameter of 23.5 mm in the final stages of disease (p < 0.001). Additionally, 96% of patients saw an improvement in their symptoms or became asymptomatic after surgery. PC microsurgery linked with superior gross total resection compared to endoscopic and stereotactic procedures (p < 0.001). Conclusions: Surgically treated pediatric PCs appear to behave as a progressive disease, which starts with cyst diameters of approximately 15 mm and develops with acute or progressive hydrocephalus at the final stage. PC microneurosurgery appears to be associated with a more complete surgical resection compared to other procedures.
Start page
2927
End page
2938
Volume
36
Issue
12
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
CirugÃa
NeurologÃa clÃnica
PediatrÃa
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85088265105
PubMed ID
Source
Child's Nervous System
ISSN of the container
02567040
Sponsor(s)
Funding text
We deeply thank Behnam Rezai Jahromi and Danil A. Kozyrev who contributed on the data collection for the manuscript. Data is available as a supplementary material for this manuscript.
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