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Tue May 26 05:29:48 BST 2009

No, not only one. At the beginning of my career I had few as well- truly
blind, no CT, just localizing signs, some of them turned out to be oedema .

Jarek
2009/5/25 Miranda Voss <mvossak at yahoo.co.uk>

>
> Re: Congratulations to Australian Doctor
>
> I also read this case with great admiration for the doctor, the system and
> the outcome. However, I would like to give another perspective on blind burr
> holes.
>
> I have had to do it a handful of times when in the bush with no possibility
> of referral/advice (NOT South Africa) and I think it is a HORRIBLE
> operation. I have only done it with documented decrease in consciousness and
> localising signs, but I have never found a nice hematoma that could be
> evacuated with good results; either high pressure brain has come pouring out
> of the burr hole, or occasionally there has been bleeding that I have not
> been able to stop satisfactorily. It has always left me feeling far from
> warm and fuzzy and to be honest, I am now very reluctant to do it.
>
> Am I the only general surgeon/occasional skull trephiner who has never had
> a patient waking up on the end of the drill?
>
> Miranda Voss
> Worcester, South Africa
>
>
> From: "ramalinga reddy" <drarumalla at yahoo.com>
> To: trauma-list at trauma.org
> Congrats to Rob Carson for saving the chaild
>  Many times doctors are afraid to do such thing for fear of legal
> implications
>  It is the medical faculty which should educate the general public so that
>  litigations are minimised and doctors do such things confidently
>  Hats off to Dr RobCarson
>
>
> Dr.A.R.Reddy
> SKS Neuro Hospitals
> Mobile: 9849018017
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