Percutaneous evacuation for treatment of subdural hematoma and outcome in 28 patients.

AIM Chronic subdural hematoma is a frequently encountered entity in neurosurgery in particular in elderly patients. There in a high variance in the treatment in literature. MATERIAL AND METHODS We report our experience of percutaneous evacuation of chronic subdural hematoma in 28 patients. RESULTS From January 2007 to July 2009, 28 patients underwent percutaneous evacuation. 27 of the 28 patients (96.4%) became asymptomatic or improved clinically. Six weeks later, the scan showed the hematoma had completely disappeared in 18 of the cases. We did not have any postoperative infection. CONCLUSION Treatment of chronic subdural hematoma using a percutaneous operative technique is a minimally invasive method with sufficient outcome and a therapeutic alternative to the craniotomy.