Clinical Problem: Ischemic stroke is the most common cause of disability in adults and an important disease for society; therefore, the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment play an important role. Endovascular mechanical recanalization to reopen large occlusions of the intracerebral vessels has established itself as the gold standard in therapy, which is why knowledge of the most important complications and their management is essential for interventionalists.
Practical Recommendations: Intracranial hemorrhages, which include intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhages, are dreaded complications that significantly worsen the clinical outcome.
Clinical Issue: Basilar skull fractures are fractures of the lower part of the skull. They make up about 20% of all skull fractures and are mainly caused by high-velocity blunt trauma and falls from high heights. Depending on their precise location, they can be divided into frontobasal, laterobasal and frontolateral fractures.
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