Complications in Patients Undergoing Microsurgical Clipping of Intracranial Aneurysms with Pre-existing Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts Following a Cranial Procedure
| Autor: | B Thompson, Jeffrey L Nadel, David Andrew Wilkinson, Joseph R Linzey, Aditya S Pandey |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Microsurgery Time Factors medicine.medical_treatment Risk Assessment Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cerebrospinal fluid Postoperative Complications Risk Factors Medicine Humans Ligation Craniotomy Retrospective Studies business.industry Rehabilitation Postoperative complication Retrospective cohort study Intracranial Aneurysm Odds ratio Length of Stay Middle Aged Cranioplasty Surgery Treatment Outcome Female Neurology (clinical) Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Complication Tomography X-Ray Computed 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Shunt (electrical) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association. 28(3) |
| ISSN: | 1532-8511 2005-2014 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Patients with ventriculoperitoneal/pleural (VP) shunts occasionally must undergo subsequent craniotomy, craniectomy, or cranioplasty. Due to changes in pressure dynamics following shunt placement, we hypothesized that such patients may have an increased risk of developing symptomatic collections of extra-axial blood, fluid, and/or air postoperatively, leading to longer stays and worse outcomes compared to those undergoing cranial operations without a VP shunt. Methods: From a retrospective cohort of patients who underwent cranial operations for management of cerebral aneurysms in 2005-2014, we identified patients who previously had a VP shunt placed, determined the temporal relationship between shunt placement and cranial operation, and investigated outcomes in those with and without a shunt. Results: Of 818 patients who underwent cranial operations, 28 (3.4%) had a VP shunt. Four of these 28 (14.3%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 4.0%-32.7%) developed postoperative complications, compared to 42 of 790 (5.3%, 95% CI 4.0%-7.1%) without a history of VP shunt (P = .07). In addition, patients with a shunt were more likely to have longer cranial procedures (P = .04), longer hospital stays (P = .05), and more computed tomography scans during their craniotomy-associated admission (P = .002). Multivariate analysis, though not significant, demonstrated that the presence of a shunt contributed to the development of complications (odds ratio [OR] 2.24, 95% CI .70-7.13, P = .17). Length of surgery (OR 1.17, 95% CI 1.04-1.31, P = .01) and length of stay (OR 1.04, 95% CI 1.01-1.07, P = .01) were significantly longer in those with a postoperative complication. Conclusion: We found a nonsignificant trend toward increased postoperative complications in patients with a VP shunt who underwent a subsequent cranial operation. |
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