Peri-Operative Anesthetic Events in Posterior Fossa Tumor Surgery

INTRODUCTION: Posterior fossa surgery is one of the most commonly performed neurosurgery in children. The aim of the study is to identify the incidence of intraoperative anesthetic events along with postoperative outcome following posterior fossa surgery. METHODS: This is a retrospective study of the posterior fossa surgery performed at Bir Hospital, Kathmandu from 2007 to 2012. The data were collected from pre-anesthetic evaluation sheet, intra-operative charts, surgical records and nursing charts from neurosurgical ICU.