Intracranial subdural haematoma--a rare complication following spinal anaesthesia.

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand

Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden.

Published: November 1996

We present a rare case with postspinal headache resulting in an intracranial subdural haematoma. After 5 days of persistant headache the condition was recognized and diagnosed on a computerized tomography-scan (CT) of the skull. The patient was operated with evacuation of the haematoma 2 weeks after the spinal anaesthesia and recovered completely.

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