Journal article
Factors Predicting the Need for Surgery of the Opposite Side After Unilateral Evacuation of Bilateral Chronic Subdural Hematomas
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Patients with bilateral chronic subdural hematoma (bCSDH) undergo unilateral evacuation for the large or symptomatic side because the contralateral hematoma is either small or asymptomatic. However, the contralateral hematoma may subsequently grow and require evacuation.
OBJECTIVE: To characterize factors that predict contralateral hematoma growth and need for evacuation.
Authors
Motiei-Langroudi R; Thomas AJ; Ascanio L; Alturki A; Papavassiliou E; Kasper EM; Arle J; Alterman RL; Ogilvy CS; Stippler M
Journal
Neurosurgery, Vol. 85, No. 5, pp. 648–655
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
November 2019
DOI
10.1093/neuros/nyy432
ISSN
0148-396X