ArticleBMC surgery2019
Management of subdural effusion and hydrocephalus following decompressive craniectomy for posttraumatic cerebral infarction in a patient with traumatic brain injury: a case report.
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- Intractable subdural effusion after decompressive craniectomy for traumatic brain injury: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2025Article
- Clinical Analysis of causes and preventive measures of complications after decompressive craniectomy for Craniocerebral Trauma.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
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- Is cranioplasty the optimal treatment for contralateral subdural effusion after decompressive craniectomy?: a case report.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Article
- The risk factors associated with traumatic subdural effusion for patients with traumatic brain injury who did not undergo decompressive craniectomy.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2023Article
- Subdural Lesions Linking Additional Intracranial Spaces and Chronic Subdural Hematomas: A Narrative Review with Mutual Correlation and Possible Mechanisms behind High Recurrence.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Failure of crizotinib based systemic treatment in ALK positive histiocytosis involving the central nervous system: a case report and literature review.BMC pediatrics · 2022Review
- Predictive role of shock index in the early formation of cerebral infarction in patients with TBI and cerebral herniation.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Subdural fluid accumulation caused by ventriculoperitoneal shunt underdrainage: A rare and paradoxical complication.Surgical neurology international · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundSubdural effusion with hydrocephalus (SDEH) is a rare complication of traumatic brain injury, especially following decompressive craniectomy (DC) for posttraumatic cerebral infarction. The diagnosis and treatment are still difficult and controversial for neurosurgeons. CASE PRESENTATION: A 45-year-old man developed traumatic cerebral infarction after traumatic brain injury and underwent DC because of the mass effect of cerebral infarction. Unfortunately, the complications of traumatic subdural effusion (SDE) and hydrocephalus occurred in succession following DC. Burr-hole drainage and subdural peritoneal shunt were performed in sequence because of the mass effect of SDE, which only temporarily improved the symptoms of the patient. Cranioplasty and ventriculoperitoneal shunt were performed ultimately, after which SDE disappeared completely. However, the patient remains severely disabled, with a Glasgow Outcome Scale of 3.
conclusionsIt is important for neurosurgeons to consider the presence of accompanying hydrocephalus when treating patients with SDE. Once the diagnosis of SDEH is established and the SDE has no mass effect, timely ventriculoperitoneal shunt may be needed to avoid multiple surgical procedures, which is a safe and effective surgical method to treat SDEH.
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