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Cerebellar hematomas threaten patients in a twofold way: first, by the local mass in the posterior fossa which may cause a significant brain stem compression and, second, by the concomitant hydrocephalus in many patients with increased intracranial pressure (ICP) in the supratentorial space [4, 5, 8] (Fig. 1). For the treatment of cerebellar hematomas we have three options: (a) evacuation of the hematoma by a posterior fossa approach [1–3], (b) CSF drainage by a frontal burr hole to control the hydrocephalus and ICP [6,10], and (c) conservative treatment only. Criteria for the decision as to how to treat the individual patient may be the size of the hematoma [9] and the patient’s clinical condition [7].
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Neubauer, U., Schwenk, B. (1993). Therapy and Prognosis in Spontaneous Cerebellar Hematomas. In: Lorenz, R., Klinger, M., Brock, M. (eds) Intracerebral Hemorrhage Hydrocephalus malresorptivus Peripheral Nerves. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 21. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77997-8_11
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