Cerebral Subdural Hematoma Following Spinal Anesthesia: Report of Two Cases | Zendy

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Cerebral Subdural Hematoma Following Spinal Anesthesia: Report of Two Cases

Author(s) -

Mehrdad Moradi,

Shoaleh Shami,

Fariba Farhadifar,

Karim Nesseri

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

case reports in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 1687-9627

pISSN - 1687-9635

DOI - 10.1155/2012/352028

Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , spinal anesthesia , hematoma , cerebral spinal fluid , surgery , subdural hematomas

Postdural puncture headache and cerebral subdural hematoma are among complications of spinal anesthesia with some common characteristics; however misdiagnosis of these two could result in a catastrophic outcome or prevent unwanted results by urgent interventions. With the purpose of increasing awareness of such complications and a speedy diagnosis, we report two cases of postspinal anesthesia headache that was timely diagnosed as cerebral subdural hematoma and prevented the likelihood of a disastrous outcome.

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