Intracerebral Hemorrhage Immediately Following Surgical Treatment of Chronic Subdural Hematoma

Intracerebral Hemorrhage Following Evacuation of a Chronic Subdural Hematoma

Burr hole drainage has been widely used to treat chronic subdural hematomas (SDH), and most of them are easily treated by simple trephination and drainage. However, various complications, such as, hematoma recurrence, infection, seizure, cerebral edema, tension pneumocephalus and failure of the brain to expand due to cerebro-cranial disproportion may develop after chronic SDH drainage. Among th...

Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage Occurring during Progression of Chronic Subdural Hematoma

Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is a common neurologic disease among the elderly. Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (SICH) associated with CSDH has been reported as a rare complication. In most cases they develop during or after burr hole drainage, and are related to rapid decompression. Coagulopathy, vascular malformation, aneurysm, and neoplasm have been reported as other possible caution...

Hematoma expansion following acute intracerebral hemorrhage.

Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), the most devastating form of stroke, has no specific therapy proven to improve outcome by randomized controlled trial. Location and baseline hematoma volume are strong predictors of mortality, but are nonmodifiable by the time of diagnosis. Expansion of the initial hematoma is a further marker of poor prognosis that may be at least partly preventable. Several ris...

Comparison of subgaleal and subdural closed drainage system in the surgical treatment of chronic subdural hematoma

OBJECTIVE One or two burr-hole craniostomies with subgaleal or subdural drainage system and irrigation are the most common methods for surgical treatment of CSDH. The aim of this study is to compare the advantages or disadvantages of these techniques used for CSDH. METHODS Seventy patients were treated by burr-hole subdural drainage or subgaleal drainage system with irrigation. Our patients w...

Evidence-Based Treatment of Chronic Subdural Hematoma