scholarly journals ROLE OF BURR HOLE AND CRANIOTOMY IN THE EVACUATION OF CHRONIC SUBDURAL HAEMATOMA AND OUTCOME

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (90) ◽  
pp. 5380-5384
Author(s):  
Surendra Kumar Chellarapu ◽  
Satya Vara Prasad Kadali ◽  
Prahladu Patirla ◽  
Rajasekhar Boddapati
2014 ◽  
Vol 96 (6) ◽  
pp. e26-e27
Author(s):  
R Johnson ◽  
T Ibrahim

We report the case of a 43-year-old woman who developed life threatening hyponatraemia 4 days following burr hole drainage of a spontaneous chronic subdural haematoma (CSDH). Syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone was confirmed. This is the first report of delayed life threatening hyponatraemia developing postoperatively in CSDH. The mechanism remains unclear but may involve brain shift on the pituitary stalk following subdural evacuation.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Satoshi Takahashi ◽  
Yoshio Tanizaki ◽  
Kazunori Akaji ◽  
Tadashige Kano ◽  
Ban Mihara ◽  
...  

We report on a patient initially diagnosed with a chronic subdural haematoma that was resistant to treatment. After the second burr hole craniostomy within a half month failed to resolve the subdural haematoma (SDH), we performed a craniotomy to identify the point of bleeding. Macroscopic evaluation showed that most of the outer membrane of the SDH was transparent; however, further examination revealed the presence of multiple white regions. Pathologic examination showed that the white regions were fluid filled and surrounded by columnar ciliated epithelial cells. These lesions were pathologically diagnosed as neurenteric cysts. To our knowledge, this is the first report on a patient with neurenteric cysts found on the outer membrane of a CSDH. We agree that a craniotomy is a treatment of last resort for recurrent CSDHs; however, sometimes this procedure can be very useful for identifying underlying causes of obstinate SDHs as well as for their treatment.


2019 ◽  
Vol 82/115 (4) ◽  
pp. 448-452
Author(s):  
Přemysl Stejskal ◽  
Miroslav Vaverka ◽  
Lumír Hrabálek ◽  
Martin Hampl ◽  
Štefan Trnka ◽  
...  

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