What to look for after brain tumor surgery

Many patients with intracranial tumor often do not know how they should perform postoperative review, what is the interval of review, and what tests should be done during the review, which often results in half-hearted efforts, and there is little scientific knowledge and literature about postoperative review of brain tumor. Here I would like to give you a brief explanation about postoperative review and other issues, which I hope will help patients to apply during postoperative follow-up. 1.Do you need fasting and blood sampling during review? Except for pituitary tumor review, patients usually do not need blood sampling and laboratory tests, so there is no need for patients to go to the clinic on an empty stomach. What tests are generally needed for review and can be done in advance in outside hospitals? 2. The tests generally needed for review of intracranial tumors are generally in line with the following points Meningioma of the convex surface of the brain, most of them only need to do head CT examination, and if necessary, MRI examination. Meningioma and glioma of other parts need to do head MRI examination, and if necessary, intensive MRI examination may be needed. In order to save time, it is not necessary to go to a large hospital for the examination, but to go to the primary hospital for a follow-up examination after completing the above examination. 3. The time interval for review is determined by the benignity and malignancy of the tumor, generally for benign tumor, it is once a year at first, and then it can be gradually extended to once every 2-3 years. In contrast, malignant tumors should be reviewed at least once a year, and once every 6 months if necessary. In principle, it is better to ask your own primary care physician for review, because he/she knows your condition best and is conducive to the continuity of treatment, but if the primary care physician is out of town or is unable to see you for other reasons, you can ask another physician for review. 5, do you need to bring all the imaging data when reviewing the comprehensive judgment of your changing condition, it is best to bring all the surgical data, the imaging data of the previous review, to help the doctor compare and better judge the changes in the condition. These are my suggestions for the review, I hope it will be useful, I will continue to improve and add.