Herein, we describe a case of epidural hematoma associated with the use of a Mayfield
head clamp. An 18-year old patient with an upper brainstem tumour causing obstructive …

Firstly, the authors said that ''intracranial epidural hematomas related to the use of Mayfield
has not been published in adults''. We recently published the case of a 19-year-old young …

The head clamp system is one of the indispensable equipment of neurosurgery in terms of
stabilizing the head and positioning it. In addition, in neurosurgery clinics, the use of pin …

Complications from the use of a three-pronged Mayfield head clamp have been reported in
the pediatric population, usually in children with intracranial pathology or hydrocephalus …

A lot of neurosurgical interventions require the use of a pin-type head-holder to immobilize
the patients' head. We report the case of an epidural haematoma caused by penetration of …

The Mayfield head clamp is the most frequently used head clamp system in the field of
neurosurgery. In many cases, surgery is performed with complete reliance on the safety of …

Background Mayfield skull clamps are widely used and indispensable in current
neurosurgery. Complications such as skull fractures or intracranial hematoma from using a …

We report an unusual case of epidural hematoma secondary to the use of a three-point skull-
fixation device. Initially, a posterior-fossa brain tumor with hydrocephalus was diagnosed in …

Sir, Mayfield® clamp is routinely used in neurosurgical practice and pins in Mayfield®
penetrate the outer cortex and make a very stable system for head fixation. Pin site infection …

We report a case of a 22-year-old man presenting with a fourth ventricular tumour and
associated chronic obstructive hydrocephalus likely leading to thinning of the cranium …