Clinical Course in Chronic Subdural Hematoma Patients Aged 18-49 Compared to Patients 50 Years and Above: A Multicenter Study and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Objective: Chronic Subdural Hematoma (cSDH) is primarily a disease of elderly, and is rare in patients <50 years, and this may in part be related to the increased brain atrophy from 50 years of age. This fact may also influence clinical presentation and outcome. The aim of this study was to study the clinical course with emphasis on clinical presentation of cSDH patients in the young (<50 years). Methods: A retrospective review of a population-based cohort of 1,252 patients operated for cSDH from three Scandinavian neurosurgical centers was conducted. The primary end-point was difference in clinical presentation between the patients <50 y/o and the remaining patients (≥50 y/o group). The secondary end-points were differences in perioperative morbidity, recurrence and mortalit

SUBMITTER: Bartek J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6459941 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature