Incidence, ethology and location of extradural hematoma in surgically managed patients

There is high Incidence of Skull Fracture associated with Extradural Hematoma in Patients with Head Injury

Objective: To determine the correlation of skull fracture with extradural hematoma in head injury patients presenting to a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan. Patients and Methods: This descriptive study was carried out at Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad from January 2002 to January 2007. All patients who were operated for extradural hematoma during the study period were included in the...

Traumatic Extradural Hematoma

.. Objectives: To determine the frequency, clinical presentation and outcome of extradural hematoma in patients with head injury. Study Design: Cross sectional descriptive st study. Setting: Neurosurgery department of Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar. Period: 1 st January 2011 to 1 July 2012. Patients and methods: All patients of head injury, from all ages and both genders were included. Pat...

Massive extradural hematoma.

E XTRADURAL hematoma remains one of the most deceptive and lethal Iesions in the surgica1 fieId. The results from timeIy and we11 executed surgery are so brilliant and consequences from improper handling so disastrous it seems justitiabIe to review some of the problems encountered in these cases. Numerous authors have pubIished the mortaIity among their patients with extradural hematomas. Pring...

Epidemiological analysis of 210 cases of surgically treated traumatic extradural hematoma.

OBJECTIVE To assess the epidemiology, clinical and radiological presentation of patients with traumatic extradural hematoma (EDH) undergoing neurosurgical procedures. METHODS We performed a chart review of 210 patients admitted to the emergency department with EDH diagnosed by CT scan and surgically treated between August 1998 and January 2008. Variables analyzed were: age, gender, clinical a...

[Extradural hematoma at the vertex].