Postoperative Cerebrospinal Fluid Hypovolemia in Neurosurgery

Abstract

Corresponding Author: Cheol Wan Park, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Neurosurgery and Emergency Medicine, Section of Critical Care Medicine, Cancer Center, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University, 1141-8 Guweol-Dong, Namdong-Gu, Incheon 21556, Korea Tel: +82-32-460-3304 Fax: +82-32-460-3899 E-mail: cwpark@gilhospital.com Almost all neurosurgeons have concerned with postoperative uneventful recovery of their patients. However, although rare but endlessly, unexpected postoperative adverse events have occurred. Neurosurgeons, then are embarrassed and they search the causes and/or pathogenesis of such problems. Also rare, a few neurosurgeons may have been forced to litigate because of such unexpected and thus uninformed postoperative events.