Dexamethasone treatment failed to demonstrate noninferiority to surgery for chronic subdural hematoma and was associated with more complications and a greater risk of later surgery, according to ...

Using irrigation warmed to body temperature during burr hole evacuation for chronic subdural hematoma (cSDH) cuts the risk for recurrence by more than half compared and should become the standard of ...

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September 25, 2009 — Results from a randomized controlled trial have confirmed that a drain drastically reduces subdural hematoma recurrence and mortality rates at 6 months. The study appears in this ...

Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is one of the most common neurosurgical conditions, particularly among the elderly, with an ...

Division of Neurosurgery, St Marianna University Yokohama City Seibu Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Correspondence to: Dr Uzura, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, St Marianna ...

A 62 year-old woman fell down the stairs and hit her head. In the ER, she was drowsy and mute. A head CT scan showed a large left sided subdural hematoma. She went for immediate surgical decompression ...

In keyhole neurosurgery, a small "burr hole" is drilled in the patient's skull, and their brain is then accessed through that hole. The procedure is much less invasive than many other types of brain ...