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Prior posterior fossa surgery
Introduction
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.
Causes
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.
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