Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis surgery

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Kalsang Dolma, M.B.B.S.[2] Sharmi Biswas, M.B.B.S

Surgery is required in the treatment of cerebral venous thrombosis with life-threatening intracranial hypertension.

For the treatment of increased intracranial hypertension and impending transtentorial cerebral herniation in cerebral venous thrombosis(CVT), surgical decomprerssion procedure is lifesaving.^[1] Surgical thrombectomy is required in the setting of severe neurological and visual deterioration despite maximal medical therapy.