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. 2021 Dec 30;164(2):405–417. doi: 10.1007/s00701-021-05067-9

Table 2.

Overview of complication events for patients undergoing first craniotomy

By discharge Discharge to 30 days 30 days to 90 days
Return to OR events 2 2 4
Surgical complication events 2 9 3
  EDH 0 0 0
  SDH 0 2 0
  IPH 1 2 0
  Stroke 1 0 0
  CSF Leak 0 0 0
  SSI 0 3 2
  Wound dehiscence 0 0 0
  Subdural hygroma 0 2 1
  Hydrocephalus 0 0 0
Medical complication events 3 6 0
  Cardiac arrest/MI 0 0 0
  PNA 1 3 0
  VTE 1 3 0
  Sepsis 0 0 0
  UTI 0 0 0
  AKI 1 - -

EDH, epidural hematoma; SDH, subdural hematoma; IPH, intraparenchymal hematoma; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; SSI, surgical site infection; MI, myocardial infarction; PNA, pneumonia, VTE, venous thromboembolism; UTI, urinary tract infection; AKI, acute kidney injury