PURPOSE: To determine whether certain patients with epidural hematomas would benefit
from conservative treatment and to assess the neuroradiologist's role in decision-making …

✓ Standard neurosurgical management mandates prompt evacuation of all epidural
hematomas to obtain a low incidence of mortality and morbidity. This dogma has recently …

Conservative management of epidural haematoma (EDH) depends on a balance between
expansion and resorption rate of the clot. 15 patients with EDH whose CT scans …

✓ A consecutive, unselected series of 82 patients with epidural hematoma treated between
1973 and 1980 is presented. Forty-one patients were managed before the advent of …

Epidural hematomas generally become manifested within hours after trauma because of
progressive obtundation and later transtentorial herniation. However, epidural hematomas …

✓ Mortality due to epidural hematoma is virtually restricted to patients who undergo surgery
for that condition while in coma. The authors have analyzed the factors influencing the …

BACKGROUND: Acute epidural hematomas are generally considered to require urgent
operation for clot evacuation and bleeding control. It has become increasingly apparent …

The availability of CT scanning has considerably improved the results in patients with
extradural haematoma (EDH). However, only few reports referred the “zero-mortality” which …

The clinical and computed tomographic (CT) findings in a series of 161 consecutive patients
operated upon for postraumatic extradural hematoma are analyzed. Thirteen (8%) patients …

Recently we treated 54 patients with acute epidural haematoma, diagnosed by early CT
scan and operated on quickly, within 6 hours after trauma. In 18 cases the volume of the …