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subdural hematoma
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hematoma usually associated with traumatic brain injury
Key facts
- Other names
- Subdural haematoma, subdural haemorrhage
- Specialty
- Neurosurgery , Neurology
- Causes
- Head injury , alcohol use disorder , reduction in cerebrospinal fluid pressure
- Risk factors
- Senescence , long-term excessive alcohol consumption, dementia , and cerebrospinal fluid leak
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
15,413 papers- Spinal Subdural Hematoma: Rare Complication of Spinal Decompression Surgery.World neurosurgery · 2022
- Pathophysiology of chronic subdural haematoma: inflammation, angiogenesis and implications for pharmacotherapy.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2017
- Prognosis of Acute Subdural Hematoma in the Elderly: A Systematic Review.Journal of neurotrauma · 2019
- Comparison of Craniotomy Versus Decompressive Craniectomy for Acute Subdural Hematoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.World neurosurgery · 2024
- Treatment of chronic subdural haematoma.Ugeskrift for laeger · 2024
via PubMed
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Encyclopedic overview
A subdural hematoma (SDH) is a type of bleeding in which a collection of blood—usually but not always associated with a traumatic brain injury—gathers between the inner layer of the dura mater and the arachnoid mater of the meninges surrounding the brain. It usually results from rips in bridging veins that cross the subdural space.
Subdural hematomas may cause an increase in the pressure inside the skull, which in turn can cause compression of and damage to delicate brain tissue. Acute subdural hematomas are often life-threatening. Chronic subdural hematomas have a better prognosis if properly managed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “subdural hematoma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.