E Morgan1,2, B Adetunmbi3, C Ofuadarho2, E Poluyi4
1Department of Surgery, Ambrose Alli Uiversity, Ekpoma, Nigeria; 2Department of Surgery, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua. Nigeria; 3Department of Surgery, Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Nigeria; 4Neuroscience Division, University of Roehampton, London, United Kingdom.For correspondence:- E Morgan Email:
Received: 26 July 2020 Accepted: 2 September 2020 Published: 24 September 2020
Citation: Morgan E, Adetunmbi B, Ofuadarho C, Poluyi E. A review of the management of chronic subdura haematoma. Trop J Med Dent Pract 2020; 1(1):45-52 doi: https://doi.org/10.47227/tjmdp/v1i1.7
© 2020 The author(s).
This is an Open Access article that uses a funding model which does not charge readers or their institutions for access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) and the Budapest Open Access Initiative (http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read), which permit unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited..
Chronic subdural haematoma (CSDH) commonly refereed as the great mimicker and it is a slow evolving blood collection located between the dura and the arachnoid layer which is surrounded by a capsule. It mainly affects elderly male individuals. Computerized tomography scan of the brain is the investigation of choice and surgery is the mainstay of treatment. Recurrence of CSDH is the most common complication and this is an important point in neurosurgical parlance and accounts for 10- 20% of post-operative complications.
