title: Surgical management of acute subdural hematomas.
abstract: Acute subdural hematoma, local cerebral laceration and severe brain edema must be diagnosed at the earliest possible stage preferably by angiography and must be treated promptly by craniectomy of an adequate size in order to cope with all the blood clot, the lacerated brain tissue and the swollen brain.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged