Middle meningeal artery embolization following surgical evacuation of symptomatic chronic subdural hematoma improves outcomes, interim results of a prospective randomized trial.

Luca H DebsFernando L ValeSamantha WalkerDiana ToroSeena MansouriSamuel D MacomsonScott Y Rahimi

Published in: Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia (2024)

Our results suggest a beneficial role for the addition of MMA embolization to surgical intervention in the treatment of symptomatic chronic subdural hematoma. Neurological outcomes were significantly better in the embolization group. This contributed to less need for follow-up, re-interventions, and imaging studies.

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