Chronic subdural hematoma: to drain or not to drain, this is the question

World Neurosurg. 2014 Dec;82(6):1007-9. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2014.09.018. Epub 2014 Sep 22.

Authors

David Yuen Chung Chan¹, Peter Yat Ming Woo², Wai Sang Poon³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
² Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
³ Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: wpoon@surgery.cuhk.edu.hk.

PMID: 25246370
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2014.09.018

No abstract available

Keywords: Burr-hole; Chronic subdural hematoma; Closed-system drainage; Recurrence; Reoperation.

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MeSH terms

Craniotomy / methods*
Drainage / methods*
Hematoma, Subdural, Chronic / surgery*
Humans
Neurosurgical Procedures / methods*