Abstract Intraoperative rupture during surgery to clip intracranial aneurysms is an inevitable, but manageable occurrence. Myriad patient and anatomic factors, as well as surgical missteps, increase the risk of intraoperative…
Abstract Cerebrovascular surgery is associated with relatively higher mortality and morbidity in comparison to other subspecialties of neurosurgery. Advancements in surgical technology, anesthesia, and intensive care have improved the overall…
Highlights • The cranial perspective • Postoperative hemorrhage is one of the most serious complications of any cranial neurosurgical procedure. • The incidence figures for clinically significant postoperative hemorrhage for…
Bhavani Kura Anil Nanda If a physician make[s] a large incision with the operating knife, and kill[s] him, or open[s] a tumor with the operating knife, and cut[s] out the eye, his…
Highlights • The exact consequences of “venous injury,” inadvertently caused during the course of routine neurosurgical operations, find scant mention in neurosurgical literature. • Numerous so-called “unpredictable” postoperative complications in…
Highlights • Avoidance of surgical complications is an important step in achieving a profitable health care system and therefore needs a judicious reporting system in defining the incidence of complications….
Highlights • Medical complication after a neurosurgical procedure is defined as an unanticipated adverse event that is not directly related to the neurosurgical technique or procedure. • It includes venous…
Highlights • Wrong-site surgery is a rare occurrence that can lead to significant clinical morbidity, increased healthcare costs, and medicolegal consequences. • Wrong-site procedures occur in roughly one out of…
The theory of informed consent has its origins in a multitude of dimensions ranging from law, medical practice, ethics, political policies, social sciences, philosophy, and behavioral sciences. It cannot be…
Abstract The potent neuroprotective properties of N -methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) antagonists have been well established in experimental models of neurological insults in which excitotoxicity is contributory. However, early clinical trials using…
