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ArticleKorean journal of neurotrauma2015

Clinical Analysis of Delayed Surgical Epidural Hematoma.

Jiin Kang, Soonki Hong, Chul Hu, Jinsoo Pyen, Kum Whang, Sungmin Cho, Jongyeon Kim, Sohyun Kim, Jiwoong Oh

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Article in Korean journal of neurotrauma, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jiin KangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea.
Soonki HongDepartment of Neurosurgery, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea.
Chul HuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea.
Jinsoo PyenDepartment of Neurosurgery, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea.
Kum WhangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea.
Sungmin ChoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea.
Jongyeon KimDepartment of Neurosurgery, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea.
Sohyun KimDepartment of Neurosurgery, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea.
Jiwoong OhDepartment of Neurosurgery, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea.
Yonsei University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveA small epidural hematoma (EDH) that has been diagnosed to be nonsurgical by initial brain computed tomography (CT) can increase in size and need surgical removal, resulting in a poor prognosis. However, there have been few studies, which focused delayed operated EDH. Therefore, we analyzed the clinical factors to determine the predicting factors of delayed operated EDH.

methodsBetween January 2011 and January 2014, 90 patients, who were admitted due to EDH, were enrolled in this study. None of the patients were indicated for operation initially. Based on the presence of surgery, we classified the patients into a delayed-surgery group (DG) and a non-surgical group (NG). Additionally, we analyzed them according to the following: time interval between the trauma and the initial CT, gender, age, medical history, drinking, change of mean arterial pressure (MAP), volume of EDH and other traumatic brain lesion.

resultsAmong the 90 patients, the DG was 19 patients. Compared with NG, the DG revealed increased MAP, less presence of drinking, and a short time interval (DG vs. NG: +9.684 mm Hg vs. -0.428 mm Hg, 5.26% vs. 29.58%, 1.802 hours vs. 5.707 hours, respectively, p<0.05). Analyzing the time interval with receiver operating characteristic, there was 88.2% sensitivity and 68.3% specificity at the 2.05-hour cut-off value (area under the curve=0.854).

conclusionAccording to our results, the time interval between the trauma and the initial CT along with blood pressure change are potential predicting factors in the cases of delayed operation of EDH.

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Craniocerebral traumaHematoma, epidural, cranialNeurosurgeryTomography, X-ray computed

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PMID27169075
PMCPMC4847500
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