Additional treatment after primary conservative treatment in patients with chronic subdural hematoma-A retrospective study.

Rahman FakhryClemens M F DirvenWalid MoudrousS Mirjam DrogerNabil AsahaadChristiaan de BrabanderHester F LingsmaNiels A van der GaagHeleen M den HertogBram JacobsKorné JellemaRuben DammersDana C Holl

Published in: Brain and behavior (2024)

Three quarters of the initially conservatively treated CSDH patients do not receive additional management. Typically, these patients have smaller hematoma volumes. Further, prospective research is needed to distinguish which patients require surgical intervention and in whom primary conservative treatment suffices.

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