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Unexpected complications immediately after cranioplasty
CASE: An 84‐year‐old man with subarachnoid hemorrhage underwent craniotomy and clipping with external decompression. Perfusion magnetic resonance imaging showed subclinical sinking skin flap syndrome, and he underwent cranioplasty on postoperative day 58. No problems occurred during the operation, b...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5674471/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29123881 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ams2.260 |
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author | Kato, Akihito Morishima, Hiroyuki Nagashima, Goro |
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description | CASE: An 84‐year‐old man with subarachnoid hemorrhage underwent craniotomy and clipping with external decompression. Perfusion magnetic resonance imaging showed subclinical sinking skin flap syndrome, and he underwent cranioplasty on postoperative day 58. No problems occurred during the operation, but cerebral edema and hemorrhage were recognized on immediate postoperative computed tomography. Edema continued to progress, but edema and bleeding eventually improved without additional surgery. OUTCOME: Neurological symptoms improved to presurgical baseline and stabilized. CONCLUSION: Causes of cerebral edema and hemorrhage immediately after cranioplasty include reperfusion, reduction of automatic adjustment function, sinking skin flap syndrome, negative pressure due to s.c. drain, venous stasis, vascular damage following restoration of midline shift, and allergic reaction. Although cranioplasty itself is a relatively minor surgery, the fatality rate for this complication is high. Most complications are due to infection, convulsions, or epidural hematoma, but brain edema and hemorrhage also occur. It is necessary to elucidate the etiology before corrective surgery. |
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spelling | pubmed-56744712017-11-09 Unexpected complications immediately after cranioplasty Kato, Akihito Morishima, Hiroyuki Nagashima, Goro Acute Med Surg Case Reports CASE: An 84‐year‐old man with subarachnoid hemorrhage underwent craniotomy and clipping with external decompression. Perfusion magnetic resonance imaging showed subclinical sinking skin flap syndrome, and he underwent cranioplasty on postoperative day 58. No problems occurred during the operation, but cerebral edema and hemorrhage were recognized on immediate postoperative computed tomography. Edema continued to progress, but edema and bleeding eventually improved without additional surgery. OUTCOME: Neurological symptoms improved to presurgical baseline and stabilized. CONCLUSION: Causes of cerebral edema and hemorrhage immediately after cranioplasty include reperfusion, reduction of automatic adjustment function, sinking skin flap syndrome, negative pressure due to s.c. drain, venous stasis, vascular damage following restoration of midline shift, and allergic reaction. Although cranioplasty itself is a relatively minor surgery, the fatality rate for this complication is high. Most complications are due to infection, convulsions, or epidural hematoma, but brain edema and hemorrhage also occur. It is necessary to elucidate the etiology before corrective surgery. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017-02-22 /pmc/articles/PMC5674471/ /pubmed/29123881 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ams2.260 Text en © 2017 The Authors. Acute Medicine & Surgery published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
spellingShingle | Case Reports Kato, Akihito Morishima, Hiroyuki Nagashima, Goro Unexpected complications immediately after cranioplasty |
title | Unexpected complications immediately after cranioplasty |
title_full | Unexpected complications immediately after cranioplasty |
title_fullStr | Unexpected complications immediately after cranioplasty |
title_full_unstemmed | Unexpected complications immediately after cranioplasty |
title_short | Unexpected complications immediately after cranioplasty |
title_sort | unexpected complications immediately after cranioplasty |
topic | Case Reports |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5674471/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29123881 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ams2.260 |
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