Lumbosacral spinal subdural hematoma following burr hole craniotomy: case report and literature review

Tsung-Han Lee; Thung-Ming Su; Kuo-Wei Wang; Hsiang-Lin Lee; Jih-Tsun Ho

doi:10.1016/j.clineuro.2006.11.004

Lumbosacral spinal subdural hematoma following burr hole craniotomy: case report and literature review

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2007 Apr;109(3):282-6. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2006.11.004. Epub 2006 Dec 13.

Authors

Tsung-Han Lee¹, Thung-Ming Su, Kuo-Wei Wang, Hsiang-Lin Lee, Jih-Tsun Ho

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

PMID: 17169484
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2006.11.004

Abstract

Spinal subdural hematoma is a rare complication of cranial surgery. This study reports a case of postcraniotomy lumbosacral spinal subdural hematoma in the absence of predisposing factors. A review of the literature is also presented.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Brain / diagnostic imaging
Craniotomy / methods*
Female
Hematoma, Subdural, Spinal / etiology*
Hematoma, Subdural, Spinal / pathology*
Humans
Lumbosacral Region
Postoperative Complications*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed