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  • Neurosurgery
  • Cardiology
  • Pharmacology

Background:

  • Aspirin is common for preventing ischemic events.
  • Chronic aspirin use may increase surgical bleeding risk.
  • Neurosurgical guidelines recommend aspirin cessation 7 days prior, lacking strong evidence.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review evidence challenging the necessity of aspirin interruption before neurosurgery.
  • To discuss aspirin effect monitoring and its clinical implications.
  • To summarize bleeding risk data for aspirin users undergoing neurosurgery.

Main Methods:

  • Narrative review of existing literature.
  • Analysis of clinical data on aspirin and bleeding in neurosurgical patients.
  • Evaluation of aspirin effect monitoring techniques.

Main Results:

  • Evidence suggests aspirin interruption may not be necessary for all neurosurgical patients.
  • Aspirin effect monitoring offers options for managing perioperative risk.
  • Bleeding risk varies across different neurosurgical procedures (brain tumors, cerebrovascular, spinal).

Conclusions:

  • Current guidelines for aspirin interruption before neurosurgery may be overly cautious.
  • Personalized management based on aspirin effect monitoring and procedure type is warranted.
  • Further research is needed to refine recommendations for aspirin use in neurosurgery.