PIT PERSPEBSI, Bali, 20-24 November 2006
Profile of brain tumors managed in Neurological Surgery
Department, Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Faculty of Medicine,
Padjadjaran University, Bandung, Indonesia (January
2003-December 2005)
Binsar H, A. Imron, A. Adam, MZ. Arifin, Benny AW.,Kahdar W.
Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Padjadjaran University, Hasan Sadikin
Hospital,Bandung, Indonesia
Abstract
Between January 2003-December 2005, 278 patients with brain tumors were managed in Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Faculty of Medicine Padjadjaran University, Bandung. There were 114(41%)
male and 164(59%) female, with dominant age group around 31-40 years old (31,3%). Supratentorial tumors were found in 217(78%) cases and infratentorial tumors in 61(22%) cases. The most common brain tumors were meningioma 94(33,8%) cases and glioma 92(33,1%) cases.
There were 19(6,8%) patients with hydrocephalus associated with supratentorial tumors, and 52(18,7%) patients associated with infratentorial tumors. All patients treated with
