[Malignant cerebellar infarction: clinical course and surgical treatment].

Aim: To clarify the indications for surgical treatment of malignant cerebellar infarction (CI).

Material And Methods: Eighty patients with CI were studied. The malignancy of CI was understood as the development of mass effect in the posterior cranial fossa, accompanied by the decrease in consciousness due to compression of the brain stem and/or the development of occlusive hydrocephalus.

[AQUATIC AND ELECTROLYTE DISORDERS AT THE PATIENT WITH SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.].

This article is dedicated to the problem ofwater and electrolyte disturbances in patient with acute severe head trauma. We present the case study of patient with severe head injury who consistently developed diabetes insipidus and cerebral salt wasting syndrome. His water and electrolyte disorders were successfully corrected by target-oriented intensive care.