Recovery of stance and gait ataxia in children with acute surgical lesions

Introduction: A previous study of our group in adolescents and young adults with chronic surgical cerebellar lesions has shown that recovery depends on lesion site. If lesions affected the cerebellar nuclei recovery was worse compared to lesions affecting the cerebellar cortex alone. In a prospective study in children we were interested if motor impairment is already different in acute surgical lesions affecting the cerebellar nuclei or not. Severity of ataxia of stance and gait were assessed 3 and 12 months following surgery. Methods: Twelve children and adolescents with cerebellar tumours (6 male, 6 female, me…