• Minerva anestesiologica · Dec 2011

    Case Reports

    An unusual cause of delayed awakening following coronary artery surgery.

    • V De Santis, D Vitale, C Di Bonaventura, and L Tritapepe.
    • Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. vincenzo.desantis@uniroma1.it
    • Minerva Anestesiol. 2011 Dec 1;77(12):1228-31.

    AbstractNeurological deficits are a frequent complication of adult cardiac surgery. Dandy-Walker malformation (DWM) is a rare posterior fossa malformation defined by hypoplasia and upward rotation of the cerebellar vermis, cystic dilation of the fourth ventricle and, on occasion, hydrocephalus. We report an incidental diagnosis of DWM in an adult following coronary artery surgery complicated by delayed awakening.

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