[Common problems for the neurosurgeon and the anesthesiologist in pediatric neurosurgery]

In pediatric neurosurgery the cooperation between neurosurgeon and anaesthesist is very tight. It begins with the clinical evaluation of preoperative conditions (weight, trophism, age, etc.), then continues with the through preparation of the operative position of the little patient and with the control of unfavourable side-effects of some particular positions (intraoperative air embolism in the sitting position, postoperative tension pneumocephalus). At last this cooperation is very important to analyse the vital functions and the neurological picture in the immediate postoperative period.