Related Experiment Videos
Stroke-like complication after abdominal surgery: a case report of chronic subdural hematoma
1Department of Anesthesiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi = Chinese Medical Journal; Free China Ed
|August 1, 1994
Abstract:
An 81-year-old patient who developed consciousness change and progressive right limb weakness after low abdominal surgery is reported. Brain computed tomography scan showed a left-sided chronic subdural hematoma; appropriate management was instituted immediately. This case is a reminder of the possibility of chronic subdural hematoma in elderly patients who may develop stroke-like symptoms after non-neurosurgical procedures.