Issue 3 (2011)

There have been presented literature data and long-term experience of the authors in postoperative rehabilitation of patients with brain tumours (BT). The main causes of neurological disturbances and the ways of their overcoming have been demonstrated. There have been considered the problems of postoperative diagnosis (CT- and MRI-studies), radiation and chemotherapy, drug therapy (use of glucocorticosteroids, osmodiuretics, anticholinesterase drugs and symptomatic medications, antidepressants), rehabilitation measures (passive and respiratory gymnastics, exercise therapy, massage, electrical myostimulation) and psychic adaptation. There have been presented adequate schemes of treatment of patients with benign and malignant BT and the reasons for limiting active drug therapy.