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Brain stem herniation secondary to cerebrospinal fluid drainage in ruptured aneurysm surgery: a case report

BACKGROUND: A lumbar drainage catheter is frequently placed intra-operatively to decrease fluid pressure on the brain in aneurysmal subarachnoid cases. In rare cases, this catheter placement can lead to intracranial hypotension, resulting in brain stem herniation termed “brain sag” and it can lead t...

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Autores principales: Kim, You-Sub, Kim, Sung-Hyun, Jung, Seung-Hoon, Kim, Tae-Sun, Joo, Sung-Pil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4771686/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27026940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40064-016-1875-4

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