Bilzardy Ferry Zulkifli
Staff of Neurovascular Division, Neurosurgery Department, Faculty of Medicine Padjadjaran University, Hasan Sadikin General Hospital Bandung

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Open craniotomy surgery for subacute spontaneous subdural hemorrhage with anticoagulation therapy in cardiac arrhythmia Achmad Adam; Bilzardy Ferry Zulkifli; Yustinus Robby Gondowardojo
Neurologico Spinale Medico Chirurgico Vol 3 No 2 (2020)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36444/nsmc.v3i2.95

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Subdural hemorrhages (SDH) are an important bleeding complication of anticoagulation therapy. It’s increasing in population with the use of total anticoagulant therapy. The gold standard management for SDH is surgery. From the neurosurgery view, we cannot treat SDH and arrhythmia alone with the use of anticoagulant therapy, therefore simultaneously requires good interprofessional collaboration and teamwork. In this study, we report a further case from the neurosurgery field. A fifty-two-year-old man had a history of progressive headache, vomiting, facial asymmetries, and drowsiness resulting in a decrease of consciousness. The patient had history diagnosed with arrhythmia by a cardiologist and routinely consume anticoagulant drug therapy warfarin since three months ago. CT-scan without contrast shows isohyperdens mass with a crescent-shaped appearance at right frontotemporoparietooccipital with thickness >10 mm with midline shift >5 mm to the left. Craniotomy evacuation was performed to completely evacuate the clot instead of burrhole drainage. Further treatment is collaborated with a cardiologist to treat arrhythmia in this patient. General conditions, symptoms, and subdural thickness in this patient decide the management of surgical evacuation. Management of subdural hemorrhage with cardiac complications and the use of anticoagulant therapy requires attention because of the complication may happen. For subacute cases, usually a burrhole drainage is adequate, however, in this patient, we use open craniotomy surgery for CT-scan features consideration. Simultaneously, the anticoagulation therapy was temporarily stopped and going for further echocardiography examination. The patient underwent open craniotomy surgery, followed by good result after surgery. Further follow up to prevent rebleeding is required.
Surgically treated symptomatic calcified chronic subdural hematoma Achmad Adam; Syaiful Anwar; Muhammad Azhary Lazuardy; Bilzardy Ferry Zulkifli
Neurologico Spinale Medico Chirurgico Vol 3 No 2 (2020)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36444/nsmc.v3i2.96

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Calcified chronic subdural hematoma (SDH) or armoured brain is especially rare with only slight pathophysiology understanding. It happened after head trauma, subdural effusion, meningitis, or as a sequel of VP Shunt. But there is no definite mechanism of neither the pathogenesis nor the management. Because these patients have a thick calcified inner membrane, the optimal surgical procedure for armoured brain’s patient has not been established. Moreover, it is also difficult to obtain good re-expansion of the brain after surgery. A calcified chronic subdural hematoma is less likely happened in adults or elder rather than children or young adults. Management of calcified chronic subdural hematoma is mostly individualized. With seizures, careful monitoring of the anticonvulsant therapy is required. The indications of surgical procedure can be features of raised intracranial pressure, headache, or neurological deterioration. The surgical strategies depend on calcification’s thickness and extension. This study was a preliminary study of Achmad Adam’s research project. This was a descriptive observational research with a case report design. We report a rare case of calcified chronic subdural hematoma in the elderly, presenting with progressive neurological deficit and acute raised intracranial pressure, which was managed surgically to facilitate cerebral re-expansion and inhibit probable brain atrophy. Therefore, authors intended to share a case report regarding a rare chronic subdural hematoma and its management, so hopefully it could be acknowledged by other surgeons as something to learn from.