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Subgaleal haematoma resulting in extradural compression following craniotomy. Report of two cases
J P Holland1, W A Taylor, B A Bell
1Department of Neurosurgery, Atkinson Morley's Hospital, Wimbledon, London.
British Journal of Neurosurgery
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
We describe two patients who underwent intracranial aneurysm surgery and developed postoperative subgaleal haematomas which, in the presence of an unfixed bone flap, resulted in significant extradural compression and a marked clinical deterioration. The application of a pressure dressing to tamponade a developing scalp haematoma is unwise unless the bone flap has been rigidly fixed in place.