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A review of possible complications in patients after decompressive craniectomy

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Authors: M. Hanko 1;  J. Soršák 2;  P. Snopko 1;  R. Opšenák 1;  K. Zeleňák 2;  B. Kolarovszki 1
Authors‘ workplace: Neurochirurgická klinika, Jesseniova lekárska fakulta v Martine, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave a Univerzitná nemocnica Martin 1;  Rádiologická klinika, Jesseniova lekárska fakulta v Martine, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave a Univerzitná nemocnica Martin 2
Published in: Rozhl. Chir., 2020, roč. 99, č. 1, s. 5-14.
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doi: https://doi.org/10.33699/PIS.2020.99.1.5–14

Overview

Through the decades of its use in the management of neurosurgical emergencies decompressive craniectomy has found its place as a life-saving procedure capable of a radical reduction of the intracranial pressure. Clinical results and rate of survival after decompressive craniectomy vary according to the primary diagnosis, and they have been a subject of multicentric randomized trials. However,  considerable attention also needs to be kept on complications associated with the craniectomy. They are based not only on the procedure’s invasivity but also on the pathophysiological changes associated with a conversion of the closed intracranial space to an open one. The complications may further disturb the postoperative care and convalescence in the surviving patients, and therefore in the salvageable patients the indication of decompressive craniectomy should be based on information about the expected outcome and complications rate, at the same moment prevention, early recognition and adequate therapy of the complications should be emphasized. This work describes the most common complications occurring in patients after decompressive craniectomy, their pathophysiological principles and means of treatment and prevention.

Keywords:

complications – decompressive craniectomy – intracranial hypertension

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