Royon V, Rabehenoina C, Tourrel F, Compère V, Dureuil B
Département d'Anesthésie-Réanimation Chirurgicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rouen, 1, rue de Germont, 76031 Rouen cedex, France.
Service de Neurochirurgie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rouen, 76031 Rouen, France.
Ann Fr Anesth Reanim. 2014 Jan;33(1):e19-21. doi: 10.1016/j.annfar.2013.12.009. Epub 2014 Jan 15.
Remote cerebellar hemorrhage (RCH) is an infrequent but serious complication after lumbar herniation surgery. Little is known about this complication but excessive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage is thought to be a leading cause of RCH. We describe the case of a patient suffering from a life-threatening RCH, which occurred a few hours after lumbar disc herniation surgery.