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When can you utilize external ventricular drains (EVDs) in the management of posterior fossa strokes?

Do all malignant posterior fossa infarcts need sub-occipital craniectomy or are there a subset of cases that can be managed with EVD?
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Neurology · Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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I would use an EVD only in combination with posterior fossa craniectomy in patients with large cerebellar infarctions. An EVD alone could result in upward herniation.

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