title: Cerebellar hemorrhage caused by cerebrospinal fluid leak after spine surgery.
abstract: Spine surgery is associated with a wide range of surgical and anesthetic complications. Excessive cerebrospinal fluid leak can be a cause of cerebellar hemorrhage postoperatively. We report a 43-yr-old patient who had lumbar spine reexploration surgery complicated by a cerebrospinal fluid leak which led to cerebellar hemorrhage manifested by postoperative mental status changes. Early detection and proper management resulted in full recovery.
authors.affiliation: Departments of *General Anesthesiology and †Neurosurgery, and ‡Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation; and §Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Ehab
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Farag
authors.forename: Amgad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdou
authors.forename: Ihab
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Riad
authors.forename: Sam R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Borsellino
authors.forename: Armin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schubert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000293:injuries*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000209:etiology*; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000523:psychology; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013131:Spine / Q000601:surgery*