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The case of paradoxical cerebral air embolism during removal of vestibular schwannoma (clinical case)

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The article presents a clinical case of the development of a massive paradoxical embolism during the removal of a large vestibular schwannoma. The clinical case demonstrates one of the complications that occur during neurosurgical operations performed in the patient's sitting positionln this clinical case, against the background of an air embolism of cerebral vessels, multiple foci of cerebral ischemia formed, which are of interest mainly due to the cortical localization of the formed multiple foci, which determined the rapid regression of gross postoperative neurological deficit.

Source: Saratov Journal of Medical Scientific Research

DOI: 10.15275/ssmj2102156

Authors: Pavel G. Shnyakin, Pavel G. Rudenko, Nikolay Yu. Dovbysh, Anna O. Gavrilova, Margarita A. Fedorchenko, Irina Ch. Kryuchkova

Institutions: Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk Regional Clinical Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications

Subfield: Neurology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $36