Reoperations after surgery for acute subdural hematoma: reasons, risk factors, and effects

Outcomes of traumatic brain injury patients with acute epidural and subdural hematoma who underwent burr hole surgery: A two-year study at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Tanzania

“…The primary surgery in this study was Craniotomy and it was only for SDHs and indications for re-operations were recollection (41.7 %). 19 Among the 109 patients with EDH in this study, 10 (9.2 %) were re-operated due to re-collection, like it was found in a study done in Pakistan on outcomes of evacuation of EDH via Craniotomy under local anesthesia that found 8.3 % re-operation rate. Therefore, the rate of re-operation after burr hole surgery is not high compared to Craniotomy, they both have relatively similar re-operation rate.…”

Contralateral Acute Subdural Hematoma Developing Intraoperatively following Evacuation of an Ipsilateral Spontaneous Acute Subdural Hematoma in an Elderly Patient

“…Most of the reports in literature on development of a contralateral acute SDH after operation are in the nature of case reports. However Chrastina et al 6 found a contralateral acute SDH, necessitating reoperation in 5 out of 86 cases operated for an acute SDH while Shibahashi et al 7 have stated that the incidence and mortality of contralateral acute SDH after ipsilateral acute SDH evacuation to be 4.1 and 75%, respectively.…”

Does the skull Hounsfield unit predict shunt dependent hydrocephalus after decompressive craniectomy for traumatic acute subdural hematoma?

“…Overall, 18 patients (11.1%) had surgery related complications requiring reoperation. This study only included patients ultimately receiving cranioplasty after DC for traumatic acute SDH and indicated relatively lower postoperative complications requiring reoperation compared to those of PLOS ONE a recent study [15]. There was a significant difference in midline shift on admission between patients with SDHC and those without.…”