====== Neurosurgical emergency ======
Neurosurgical emergencies often progress rapidly hence [[emergency]] [[management]] is essential to minimize further neurological [[damage]]. The brain can be injured in many ways, the most common being through direct [[traumatic brain injury]]. In the Western world, the most common mechanisms of these injuries are road traffic [[collision]]s, [[fall]]s from height, and [[assault]]s. Ischaemic injury through [[embolic stroke]] or haemorrhagic injury from ruptured [[vascular malformation]]s (e.g. cerebral aneurysms) are also common causes of neurosurgical emergencies. [[Acute hydrocephalus]] and [[infection]] problems (e.g. [[abscess]]es) are other conditions where prompt intervention is required. Similarly, acute spinal injuries can be traumatic, compressive, and infective
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