title: Percutaneous evacuation for treatment of subdural hematoma and outcome in 28 patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Chronic subdural hematoma is a frequently encountered entity in     neurosurgery in particular in elderly patients. There in a high variance in the     treatment in literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report our experience of     percutaneous evacuation of chronic subdural hematoma in 28 patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  From January 2007 to July 2009, 28 patients underwent percutaneous evacuation.     27 of the 28 patients (96.4%) became asymptomatic or improved clinically. Six     weeks later, the scan showed the hematoma had completely disappeared in 18 of     the cases. We did not have any postoperative infection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Treatment of     chronic subdural hematoma using a percutaneous operative technique is a     minimally invasive method with sufficient outcome and a therapeutic alternative     to the craniotomy.
authors.affiliation: Hopital Lorraın, Department of Neurosurgery, St Joseph, France. keyvan.mostofi@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Keyvan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mostofi
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marnet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000009:adverse effects; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D020200:Hematoma, Subdural, Chronic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013355:Subdural Space / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants