Short-term outcome of treatment of elderly patients with epidural hematomas

Folia Med (Plovdiv). 2023 Jun 30;65(3):371-377. doi: 10.3897/folmed.65.e82210.

Abstract

There is substantial literature data dedicated to intracranial epidural hematomas affecting young and middle-aged individuals, but studies focusing on their characteristics in elderly patients are scarce, assuming that old age is a poor prognostic factor.

Keywords: elderly epidural hematoma outcome surgery traumatic brain injury.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial* / diagnostic imaging
  • Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Treatment Outcome