A sudden cardiac asystole and cardiopulmonary resuscitation of trigeminocardiac reflex during retrosigmoid approach surgery

Acta Neurol Belg. 2016 Sep;116(3):415-7. doi: 10.1007/s13760-015-0568-z. Epub 2015 Nov 25.

Authors

Xu Min¹, Bo Jixiang², Chen Pin², Wang Cunzu³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Kunshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Kunshan Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Kunshan, 215300, Jiangsu, China.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Northern Jiangsu Province Hospital, Yangzhou, 225001, Jiangsu, China.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, Northern Jiangsu Province Hospital, Yangzhou, 225001, Jiangsu, China. wangcunzu@ujs.edu.cn.

PMID: 26607165
DOI: 10.1007/s13760-015-0568-z

No abstract available

Keywords: Asystole; Retrosigmoid approach; Trigeminocardiac reflex.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Brain Neoplasms / surgery*
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation*
Heart Arrest / etiology*
Heart Arrest / therapy
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neurosurgical Procedures / adverse effects*
Reflex, Trigeminocardiac*