Vol 13, No 1 (2011)
Published online: 2011-10-19
Hyperperfusion syndrome (syndrome of brain hyperemia) — complication or natural occurrence — reversible result of improved blood inflow into the brain
Chirurgia Polska 2011;13(1):20-27.
Abstract
Hyperperfusion syndrome — a syndrome of brain hyperemia observed after improved blood inflow into
the central nervous system, regardless of the use of a stent/operation as a treatment method, and is
described as a complication observed in 0–5% of treated patients. The authors present this problem on
the basis of their own experience of the Department of General and Vascular Surgery of the Medical
University of Silesia, a problem which has not been reported in Polish literature up to this time. The
material contains 1127 patients treated due to stenosis of the extracranial segments of carotid arteries
from January 2005 to August 2010, including 523 patients who underwent surgery and 604 patients
treated with a stent.
The authors analyse this clinical material from the point of view of symptoms that can suggest the occurrence of brain hyperperfusion syndrome. The material has been analysed retrospectively on the basis of case histories and nursing reports.
Polish Surgery 2011, 13, 1, 20–27
The authors analyse this clinical material from the point of view of symptoms that can suggest the occurrence of brain hyperperfusion syndrome. The material has been analysed retrospectively on the basis of case histories and nursing reports.
Polish Surgery 2011, 13, 1, 20–27
Keywords: hyperfiusion syndromenon-reversible ischemic neurological deficit