Routine postoperative CT after SBB may not be warranted in all patients. A symptom-driven imaging approach may reduce healthcare costs and unnecessary radiation exposure without compromising patient safety. The authors recommend selective imaging in patients with bleeding diathesis, intraoperative bleeding, existing intralesional hemorrhage, and/or new or worsening neurological symptoms. The final decision to perform a CT study is left to the treating physician's discretion.
Faraj et al. (Wed,) studied this question.