Wrong preoperative marking on the scalp vein complicating the cutdown of the cerebrovascular bypass: Two case reports

Wrong preoperative marking on the scalp vein complicating the cutdown of the cerebrovascular bypass: Two case reports

Background: The cutdown procedure in cerebrovascular bypass requires incising the scalp along the preoperative marking identifying the arteries. We present two patients in whom preoperative marking on the scalp misidentified veins as arteries and thus complicated the surgical procedure. Case descrip...

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Main Authors: Satoru Shimizu, Hiroki Kuroda, Shigeta Miyake, Takahiro Mochizuki, Yasunobu Nakai, Toshihiro Kumabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
Subjects:
Cerebrovascular bypass
Error
Marking
Scalp artery
Scalp vein
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751922001293

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