ArticleEthiopian journal of health sciences2020
Outcome of Chronic Subdural Hematoma Treated with Single Burr Hole Under Local Anesthesia.
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- Burr hole evacuation of chronic subdural hematoma in general versus local anesthesia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Acta neurochirurgica · 2025Pooled it
- Emergency burr-hole evacuation for subacute SDH with uncal herniation: a case report of near-complete neurological recovery despite bilateral occipital infarction.International journal of surgery case reports · 2026Article
- Protocol-based postoperative brain scan after drainage of chronic subdural hematoma in a low-resource setting (ProtoScan study).Surgical neurology international · 2025Article
- Comparative analysis of endoscopic-assisted burr hole craniostomy and two burr hole craniostomy in the treatment of septated chronic subdural hematoma.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Letter to the editor: "Therapeutic efficacy of drilling drainage combined with intraoperative middle meningeal artery occlusion in the management of chronic subdural hematoma: a clinical study".Neurosurgical review · 2024Article
- Burr hole as a management for extra axial hematomas in a low-resource setting.International journal of surgery case reports · 2023Article
- Controversies in the Surgical Treatment of Chronic Subdural Hematoma: A Systematic Scoping Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Clinical Characteristics and Current Managements for Patients with Chronic Subdural Hematoma : A Retrospective Multicenter Pilot Study in the Republic of Korea.Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society · 2022Article
- Surgical Treatment of Bilateral Chronic Subdural Hematoma.Computational intelligence and neuroscience · 2022Article
- Local anesthesia versus general anesthesia for evacuation of chronic subdural hematoma in elderly patients above 70 years old.Surgical neurology international · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundChronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is a common condition encountered in daily neurosurgical practice usually affecting the elderly population. Various surgical procedures have been used for the evacuation of hematoma in patients with CSDH. The objective of this paper was to study the postoperative outcome of patients who were operated for CSDH and to describe the easy, safest and effective procedure that can be performed at primary level hospitals.
methodsInstitutional based cross-sectional retrospective study was conducted among patients operated for CSDH from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2015 at Teklehaymanot General Hospital, a private hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Descriptive statistics, using SPSS version 20, was used to determine the postoperative outcomes including hospital stay, complications and recurrence rate.
resultsOf the 195 charts reviewed, 70.3% were of males, with M: F ratio of 2.4:1. 68.2% of patients being above the age of 55 years with a mean age at presentation of 57.63. The most common presenting symptom was headache followed by extremity weakness. The diagnosis of CSDH was made with either head CT scan or MRI. Forty one percent of patients had a left side hematoma and 48(24.6%) patients had bilateral CSDH. All patients were operated with a single burr hole evacuation under local anesthesia and postoperative subdural closed system drainage by a single neurosurgeon. The mean hospital stay was 3.68±2.6 days. The postoperative outcome was assessed using the Glasgow Outcome Score, and 95.9% of the patients reported good recovery. Thirteen (6.6%) patients were operated twice for recurrence, and there were four deaths.
conclusionsSingle burr hole craniostomy is an easy, safe and effective technique for the treatment of CSDH.
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