[Early tracheostomy in patients with tumors in the posterior cranial fossa during postoperative period]. / Ranniaia trkheostomiia u bol'nykh s opukholiami zadnei cherepnoi iamki v posleoperatsionnom periode.

Analyzed in the paper is the early postoperative management of 50 neurosurgery patients operated on the structures of the posterior cranial fossa, primarily, in as far as the respiratory problems and their solution by early tracheostomy are concerned. A classification of indications for early tracheostomy as well as an algorithm of the management of such patients are described.

[The use of a fiber-optic bronchoscope for the dynamic follow-up of the bulbar disorders in patients with tumors of the posterior cranial fossa]. / Primenenie fibroopticheskogo bronkhoskopa dlia dinamicheskogo kontrolia bul'barnykh narushenii u bol'nykh s opukholiami zadnei cherepnoi iamki.

Two case reports of patients operated for posterior fossa tumors complicated by postoperative hematoma are presented. In both cases patients underwent tracheostomy and were on ventilator for more than three weeks. Postoperative course was complicated by pneumonia and bronchitis. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy was performed to rule out lung complications. Fiberoptic laryngotracheoscopy was done for dynamic control of vocal cords paralysis and helped to make a decision regarding the time of the safe extubation.