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Axial brain computed tomography (CT) scan image showing a severe traumatic brain injury associated to an acute right hemispheric subdural hematoma.
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Axial brain CT scan image showing Gore-Tex duraplasty after the right hemispheric decompressive craniectomy.
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Associates, Inc., Flagstaff, Arizona) duroplasty [Figure 2]. About 10 years later, he presented worsening headache with sensory alterations; therefore, he underwent an urgent brain CT scan that showed a right hemispheric cSDH expanding in subsequent radiological examinations [Figure 3].
Axial brain CT scan image showing right hemispheric chronic subdural hematoma 10 year after polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cranioplasty implant.
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Associates, Inc., Flagstaff, Arizona) duroplasty [Figure 2]. About 10 years later, he presented worsening headache with sensory alterations; therefore, he underwent an urgent brain CT scan that showed a right hemispheric cSDH expanding in subsequent radiological examinations [Figure 3].
Axial brain CT scan image showing a 3 cm gas-fluid collection extending from the subdural to the epidural space and communicating through the burr hole.
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He underwent a brain CT scan that showed a 3 cm gas-fluid collection extending from the subdural to the epidural space and communicating through the burr hole [Figure 4].
Postoperative axial brain CT scan image showing removal of the previous PEEK cranioplasty and the new duroplasty, in the absence of gas-fluid collections.
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A debridement of the surgical site was performed with copious antibiotic-impregnated irrigation and a new duroplasty was performed [Figure 5].