Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 24, Issue 9 , Pages 498-502, September 2008

Burr Hole Drainage for Complicated Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension Syndrome

  • Yu-Fang Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hung-Lin Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Der-Yang Cho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chun-Chung Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yu-Chien Lo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroradiology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shang-Ming Chiou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Dr Shang-Ming Chiou, Department of Neuro-surgery, China Medical University Hospital, 2 Yu-Der Road, Taichung 404, Taiwan

Received 6 September 2007; accepted 5 December 2007.

Article Outline

Spontaneous intracranial hypotension is a potentially severe condition that is caused by continuous cerebrospinal fluid leakage. Clinically, most patients have a benign course and the condition remits after conservative management. We report two consecutive patients who presented with acute expansion of subdural collection and disturbed consciousness. Both patients recovered completely after undergoing burr hole drainage.

Key Words:  intracranial hypotension syndrome , intracranial pressure , subdural hematoma , trephination

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PII: S1607-551X(09)70008-7

doi:10.1016/S1607-551X(09)70008-7

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 24, Issue 9 , Pages 498-502, September 2008

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