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Cerebral epidural hematoma following cerebrospinal fluid drainage during thoracoabdominal aortic repair
Author(s) -
JEONG Y. B.,
CHOI W. J.,
HAN S. H.,
CHOI I. C.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.01984.x
Subject(s) - medicine , paraplegia , cerebrospinal fluid , epidural hematoma , drainage , surgery , spinal cord , perioperative , hematoma , perfusion , anesthesia , radiology , ecology , psychiatry , biology
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage is a common adjunct to thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repair. CSF drainage may improve perioperative spinal cord perfusion and thereby decrease the incidence of paraplegia or paraparesis. Complications of CSF drainage may arise. We present a case of cerebral epidural hematoma (EDH), possibly arising from excessive CSF drainage, during thoracoabdominal aortic repair.