Postoperative Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis Following a Retrosigmoid Craniotomy-A Clinical and Radiological Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Postoperative cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is a rare complication of the retrosigmoid approach. To address the lack of literature, we performed a retrospective analysis. The thromboses were divided into those demonstrating radiological (rCVST) and clinical (cCVST) features, the latter diagnosed during hospitalization. We identified the former by a lack of contrast in the sigmoid (SS) or transverse sinuses (TS), and evaluated the closest distance from the craniotomy to quantify sinus exposure. We included 130 patients (males: 52, females: 78) with a median age of 46.0. They had rCVST in 46.9% of cases, most often in the TS (65.6%), and cCVST in 3.1% of cases. Distances to the sinuses were not different regarding the presence of cCVST (p = 0.32 and p = 0.72). The dis

SUBMITTER: Przepiorka L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10377583 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature