• J Clin Neurosci · Dec 2009

    Case Reports

    Spontaneous cerebellar haemorrhage following lumbar fusion.

    • Peter Khong and M Jerry Day.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Wollongong Hospital, Loftus Street, Wollongong, New South Wales 2500, Australia. petekhong@yahoo.com
    • J Clin Neurosci. 2009 Dec 1; 16 (12): 1673-5.

    AbstractSpontaneous cerebellar haemorrhage following spinal surgery is rare, with fewer than 20 patients reported in the literature. We present a 70-year-old woman who underwent a L5-S1 posterior lumbar interbody fusion for spondylolisthesis. Intraoperatively, an incidental durotomy occurred and was repaired uneventfully. A large amount of serosanguinous fluid was noted in the subfascial drain post-operatively. The patient became increasingly drowsy 36 hours later. She was subsequently found to have bilateral cerebellar haemorrhages with associated non-communicating hydrocephalus.

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