Epidemiology of pediatric @entity1313 in Greece (1991-2008). Experience from the Agia Sofia XXXX 's Hospital.

@entity1 @entity424 @entity1313 @entity5 @entity146 @entity816 @entity2946
BACKGROUND: We set out to determine the epidemiology of pediatric @entity1313 in a single Greek institute. METHODS: We reviewed all cases of @entity1313 in @entity1 , under the age of 15 years, that were treated surgically in the Neurosurgical Department of @entity1 's Hospital "Agia Sofia", between January 1991 and December 2008. RESULTS: From January 1991 through December 2008, we encountered 335 cases of pediatric @entity1313 . The mean age was 7.2 years and there was a slight male predominance. @entity816 made up the largest component, with @entity816 accounting for 25.6% of all @entity5 . The second most common entity was @entity2946 , accounting for 18% of all @entity5 , whereas @entity424 were the third most frequent @entity5 . There was an increase in the total number of @entity1313 during the last decade. Furthermore, examining low-grade @entity816 , @entity2946 and @entity424 trends over the last 2 decades, we found a trend for a decrease of low-grade @entity816 and an increase of the @entity146 and @entity424 . CONCLUSION: This study presents the first epidemiological data of pediatric @entity1313 in Greece. @entity816 were the most common @entity5 followed by @entity2946 and @entity424 . Furthermore, a trend for an increase of @entity5 over the last decade has been observed.
