Subdural hemorrhagic injury after open heart surgery.
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.
Nakajima
Masato
M
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Yamanashi Central Hospital, Kofu City, Japan. m-nakajima2a@ych.pref.yamanashi.jp
Tsuchiya
Kouji
K
Kanemaru
Kazuya
K
Yamazaki
Hiromichi
H
Koizumi
Hidehito
H
Nakano
Shin
S
Inoue
Hidenori
H
Naito
Yuji
Y
Mizutani
Eiki
E
D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D020199:Hematoma, Subdural, Acute / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome