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ArticleSurgical neurology international2017

Impact of low coagulation factor XIII activity in patients with chronic subdural hematoma associated with cerebrospinal fluid hypovolemia: A retrospective study.

Takafumi Shimogawa, Takato Morioka, Tetsuro Sayama, Tomoaki Akiyama, Sei Haga, Toshiyuki Amano, Yoshihiko Furuta, Kei Murao, Shuji Arakawa, Iwao Takeshita

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Article in Surgical neurology international, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Takafumi ShimogawaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kyushu Rosai Hospital, Kokura Minami-Ku, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Takato MoriokaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kyushu Rosai Hospital, Kokura Minami-Ku, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Tetsuro SayamaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Tomoaki AkiyamaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kyushu Rosai Hospital, Kokura Minami-Ku, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Sei HagaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kyushu Rosai Hospital, Kokura Minami-Ku, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Toshiyuki AmanoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kyushu Rosai Hospital, Kokura Minami-Ku, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Yoshihiko FurutaDepartment of Cerebrovascular Disease, Kyushu Rosai Hospital, Kokura Minami-Ku, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Kei MuraoDepartment of Cerebrovascular Disease, Kyushu Rosai Hospital, Kokura Minami-Ku, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Shuji ArakawaDepartment of Cerebrovascular Disease, Kyushu Rosai Hospital, Kokura Minami-Ku, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Iwao TakeshitaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kyushu Rosai Hospital, Kokura Minami-Ku, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Kyushu Rosai Hospital · JPKyushu University · JPFukuoka Children's Hospital and Medical Center for Infectious Diseases · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCerebrospinal fluid hypovolemia (CSFH) is sometimes associated with chronic subdural hematomas (CSHs). Affected patients often develop enlargement and recurrence of the CSH, even if appropriate treatments such as epidural blood patch (EBP) and/or burr-hole surgery for the CSH are performed. This situation may lead to subclinical coagulopathy, including low coagulation factor XIII (CFXIII) activity. We retrospectively analyzed whether CFXIII activity was involved in the development of CSHs and post-treatment exacerbation of CSHs in patients with CSFH.

methodsWe diagnosed CSFH by radioisotope (RI), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) findings, and CSH by CT and/or MRI findings. The plasma CFXIII activity was assessed on admission. All patients with CSFH initially received conservative treatments. When these treatments were ineffective, the patients underwent EBP and/or CSH surgery according to previously reported therapeutic strategies.

resultsAmong 206 patients with CSFH, 19 developed CSHs. Fourteen patients with a thin hematoma underwent EBP and three with a thick hematoma underwent CSH surgery immediately after EBP on the same day. We were unable to diagnose two patients with CSFH at the time of admission, and one of these two patients underwent repeated CSH surgery before obtaining the correct diagnosis. Seven patients (36.8%) developed CSH exacerbation after the treatment. The CFXIII activity was significantly lower in patients with than without a CSH (42.1% vs. 12.8%, respectively;

conclusionIn patients with CSFH, low CFXIII activity is one of the risk factors for both the development of a CSH and the post-treatment exacerbation CSH.

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Cerebrospinal fluid hypovolemiachronic subdural hematomacoagulation factorcoagulation factor XIIIintractable chronic subdural hematoma

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