title: Bifrontal epidural haematomas following surgery for occipital falcine meningioma: an unusual complication of surgery in the prone position.
abstract: A 25 year old lady underwent surgery for a left occipital falcine meningioma. The patient was positioned prone and following an occipital carniotomy, total excision of the tumour was performed. In the postoperative period, she developed bifrontal epidural haematomas, for which surgical evacuation was performed. Intracerebral haematomas distant from the site of craniotomies are uncommon and epidural haematomas are extremely rare. The literature is reviewed and the possible mechanisms causing this complication are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India. chandsar@yahoo.com
authors.forename: P Sarat
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Chandra
authors.forename: Avadhesh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jaiswal
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mahapatra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008579:Meningioma / Q000601:surgery*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology*; D016684:Prone Position / Q000502:physiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed