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Subdural haematoma and spinal anaesthesia
Author(s) -
JONSSON L. O.,
EINARSSON P.,
OLSSON G. L.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1983.tb13934.x
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal anesthesia , complication , subdural haematoma , anesthesia , surgery
Summary A case report of an intracranial subdural haematoma following spinal anaesthesia in a 63‐year‐old man is presented. The pathophysiology of this possible complication seems similar to that of post‐spinal headache. A survey of patients in this hospital failed to reveal any likely case of subdural haematoma as a complication of spinal anaesthesia in almost 24000 anaesthetics.