Cerebellar hemorrhage is listed among the potential complications following neurosurgical pro ce dures. In this scenario it is usually reported as a rare condition. However, it seems that epilepsy surgery pa tients are somewhat more prone to this kind of complication, compared to other surgical groups. Head po si tioning, excessive cerebral spinal fluid draining and the excision of non-expanding encephalic tissue (or combinations among the three) are likely to be cause underlying remote cerebellar hemorrhage. Out of the 118 ATL/AH performed at our institution, between 1996 and 2002, we identified 3 (2.5%) patients pre sen ting with cerebellar hemorrhage. We report on such cases and review the literature on the topic.
cerebellar hemorrhage; epilepsy surgery; neurosurgical complications
