Surgical outcome of traumatic intracranial hematoma at a regional hospital in Taiwan.
BACKGROUND
To report the experience in the management of 489 consecutive patients with traumatic intracranial hematoma and determine the prognostic factors.


METHODS
All patients were classified into three groups based on the number of operations for each case. A total of 538 operations were performed for evacuation of 720 intracranial hematomas.


RESULTS
The most common cause of injury was motor vehicular traffic crashes (68.7%) and most victims were motorcyclists (40.1%). The most common type of lesion was acute epidural hematoma (31.0%). The overall mortality rate was 9.6%, and the complication rate was 11.2%. Follow-up assessment of 480 patients revealed that 270 (56.2%) patients made a good recovery, 99 (20.6%) were moderately disabled, 32 (6.7%) were severely disabled, 21 (4.4%) were vegetative, and 58 (12.1%) had died.


CONCLUSIONS
The surgical outcome was significantly correlated with the score of the Glasgow Coma Scale, pupillary reactivity, number of operations, and type of lesion.
Department of Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
J J
JJ
Wu
C C
CC
Hsu
S Y
SY
Liao
Y K
YK
Wong
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011680:Pupil; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome