Chronic subdural hematoma surgery

• Reduced recurrence of chronic subdural hematomas treated with open surgery followed by middle meningeal artery embolization compared to open surgery alone: a propensity score-matched analysis
• Middle meningeal artery embolization for treatment of chronic subdural hematomas: does selection of embolized branches affect outcomes?
• Subdural evacuation port system and middle meningeal artery embolization for chronic subdural hematoma: a multicenter experience
• Subdural Lesions Linking Additional Intracranial Spaces and Chronic Subdural Hematomas: A Narrative Review with Mutual Correlation and Possible Mechanisms behind High Recurrence
• Preoperative elevated eosinophils in peripheral blood for prediction of postoperative recurrence of chronic subdural hematoma
• Helical coils augment embolization of the middle meningeal artery for treatment of chronic subdural hematoma: A technical note
• Does a negative correlation of heme oxygenase-1 with hematoma thickness in chronic subdural hematomas affect neovascularization and microvascular leakage? A retrospective study with preliminary validation
• Clinical Outcomes After Nonoperative Management of Large Acute Traumatic Subdural Hematomas in Older Patients: A Propensity-Scored Retrospective Analysis

Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) evacuation is one of the most frequent surgical procedures in neurosurgery ¹⁾

see Chronic subdural hematoma surgical techniques.

Routine post-operative CT brain for burr hole drainage of CSDH may be unnecessary in view of the good predictive value of pre-operative volume, and also because it is not predictive of the clinical outcome ²⁾.

Scheduled postoperative cranial imaging with indwelling drains was not shown to be beneficial and misses information of intracranial damage inflicted by removal of drains. Brokinkel et al recommend CT-scanning after drainage removal ³⁾.

see Chronic subdural hematoma surgery complication.

Chronic subdural hematoma treatment outcome