Epidural hematomas in infancy and childhood: Report of 54 cases

HANCI M. M., UZAN M., Kuday C., Sarioglu A., Akar Z., Canbaz B., ...Daha Fazla

Turkish Neurosurgery, cilt.4, sa.2, ss.73-76, 1994 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 4 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 1994
  • Dergi Adı: Turkish Neurosurgery
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.73-76
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa Adresli: Evet

Özet

We report a series of 54 children with traumatic epidural hematoma. All patients were admitted to the neurosurgery department of Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty of Istanbul University between the years 1982 and 1992. There were 5 infants (0-2 years old) in the series. In children (3-15 years old ), epidural hematoma was most frequently seen between 11 and 15 years. All the cases were treated surgically. Eighty-seven percent were discharged any neurological deficit. The overall mortality rate in this series was 5.5%