Never neglect the atmospheric pressure effect on a brain with a skull defect

Herein, we report an unusual case of a patient who presented with a severe, sinking skin flap after a decompressive craniectomy and ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery due to a traumatic brain injury. After cranioplasty, the patient’s neurological deficiency improved and was confirmed by transcranial...

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Autores principales: Wee, Hsiao-Yue, Kuo, Jinn-Rung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3970940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24741332
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S59410
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description Herein, we report an unusual case of a patient who presented with a severe, sinking skin flap after a decompressive craniectomy and ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery due to a traumatic brain injury. After cranioplasty, the patient’s neurological deficiency improved and was confirmed by transcranial Doppler sonography. In addition to discussing the pathogenesis of the sinking skin flap, we emphasize the importance of cranioplasty for neurological improvement and remind the surgeon to “never neglect the atmospheric pressure effect on a brain with a skull defect”.
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spelling pubmed-39709402014-04-16 Never neglect the atmospheric pressure effect on a brain with a skull defect Wee, Hsiao-Yue Kuo, Jinn-Rung Int Med Case Rep J Case Report Herein, we report an unusual case of a patient who presented with a severe, sinking skin flap after a decompressive craniectomy and ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery due to a traumatic brain injury. After cranioplasty, the patient’s neurological deficiency improved and was confirmed by transcranial Doppler sonography. In addition to discussing the pathogenesis of the sinking skin flap, we emphasize the importance of cranioplasty for neurological improvement and remind the surgeon to “never neglect the atmospheric pressure effect on a brain with a skull defect”. Dove Medical Press 2014-03-26 /pmc/articles/PMC3970940/ /pubmed/24741332 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S59410 Text en © 2014 Wee and Kuo. This work is published by Dove Medical Press Ltd, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License The full terms of the License are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Ltd, provided the work is properly attributed.
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