Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2003-Feb
Papaverine angioplasty to treat cerebral vasospasm following traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage.
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Abstract
The management of vasospasm associated with traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage presents many challenges. We present a 20-year-old male admitted after sustaining a closed head injury complicated by a Fisher grade III traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage. Despite treatment with intravenous nimodipine he developed a delayed ischaemic neurological deficit due to cerebral arterial vasospasm. The vasospasm was successfully managed with serial papaverine angioplasty.