Endoscopic endonasal transclival removal of tumors of the clivus and anterior region of the posterior cranial fossa (results of surgical treatment of 140 patients)

Table 6 Postoperative complications

Type of complication	Number of cases	Percent
Cranial nerve dysfunction^a
III	4	2.86
VI	15	10.71
IX, X	1	0.71
CSF leakage (without meningitis)	1	0.71
CSF leakage + meningitis	8	5.71
Meningitis (without CSF leakage)	5	3.57
Hydrocephalus	2	1.43
Mental disorders	2	1.43
Death	2	1.43

^aPrimary CN function deficit after surgery. Regression CN dysfunction was observed in ten patients over the period from 1 to 4 months after surgery

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