The role of extended coagulation screening in adult cranial neurosurgery

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Introduction: Postoperative hemorrhage after adult cranial neurosurgery is a serious complication with substantial morbidity and mortality.

Research question: We investigated if an extended preoperative screening and an early treatment of previously undetected coagulopathies may decrease the risk of postoperative hemorrhage.

Methods: A prospective study cohort of patients undergoing elective cranial surgery and receiving the extended coagulatory work-up were compared to a propensity matched historical control cohort. The extended work-up included a standardized questionnaire on the patient's bleeding history as well as coagulatory tests of Factor XIII, von-Willebrand-Factor and PFA-100®. Deficiencies were substituted perioperatively. The primary outcome was determined as the surgical revision rate due to postoperative hemorrhage.

Results: The study cohort and the control cohort included 197 cases each, without any significant difference in the preoperative intake of anticoagulant medication (p ​= ​.546). Most common interventions were resections of malignant tumors (41%), benign tumors (27%) and neurovascular surgeries (9%) in both cohorts. Imaging revealed postoperative hemorrhage in 7 cases (3.6%) in the study cohort and 18 cases (9.1%) in the control cohort (p ​= ​.023). Of these, revision surgeries were significantly more common in the control cohort with 14 cases (9.1%) compared to 5 cases (2.5%) in the study cohort (p ​= ​.034). Differences in mean intraoperative blood loss were not significant with 528 ​ml in the study cohort and 486 ​ml in the control cohort (p ​= ​.376).

Conclusion: Preoperative extended coagulatory screening may allow for revealing previously undiagnosed coagulopathies with subsequent preoperative substitution and thereby reduction of risk for postoperative hemorrhage in adult cranial neurosurgery.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:3

Enthalten in:

Brain & spine - 3(2023) vom: 18., Seite 101756

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wagner, Arthur [VerfasserIn]
Wostrack, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Hartz, Frederik [VerfasserIn]
Heim, Johannes [VerfasserIn]
Hameister, Erik [VerfasserIn]
Hildebrandt, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Meyer, Bernhard [VerfasserIn]
Winter, Christof [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Coagulation substitution
Complication
Cranial surgery
Extended coagulation
Journal Article
Postoperative hemorrhage

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Date Revised 02.07.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.bas.2023.101756

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NLM35884746X