title: Delayed postoperative extradural hematoma.
abstract: Postcraniotomy complications include various types of intracranial hematomas and systemic complications like cardiac and renal failure. This is a report of a patient who underwent a reexploration of a previous craniotomy and then went into status epilepticus, which was controlled, but the patient developed acute renal failure and then a delayed extradural hematoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery and Nephrology, Lakeshore Hospital and Research Centre, Kochi, India. r_ramnarayan@yahoo.com
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramnarayan
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Sreehari
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Ninan
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: John
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000601:surgery*; D003399:Craniotomy; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery*; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012086:Reoperation; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D015300:Ventilator Weaning