Immediate Postoperative Care

Abstract

This chapter will focus on the direct postoperative management after the removal of a posterior fossa tumor. There are general principles that can be applied to any kind of tumor surgery in the posterior fossa and its adjacent structures, but specific aspects depending on the different pathologies found in this region are addressed as well. General principles as well as personal statements reflecting the authors’ experience in the treatment of such entities are presented. A special emphasis is put on early postoperative complications.