Subdural hemorrhagic injury after open heart surgery.

Nakajima, Masato; Tsuchiya, Kouji; Kanemaru, Kazuya; Yamazaki, Hiromichi; Koizumi, Hidehito; Nakano, Shin; Inoue, Hidenori; Naito, Yuji et al. · Ann Thorac Surg · 2003

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report two cases of acute subdural hematoma after cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass. In both patients, emergency removal and drainage of a subdural hematoma was performed by neurosurgeons, and complete recovery followed. Subdural hemorrhagic brain injury after cardiac surgery is rare and devastating; however, we consider early diagnosis and proper treatment to be effective because organic brain damage did not occur.

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