Clinical Study on 22 Cases of Delayed Traumatic Intracerebral Hematoma.
- Author:
Sung Choon PARK
1
;
Nam Kyu KIM
;
Hwan Yung CHUNG
;
Kwang Myung KIM
;
Suck Jun OH
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Hanyang University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Delayed traumatic intracerebral hematoma;
Head injury;
Computed tomography
- MeSH:
Anoxia;
Brain;
Contusions;
Craniocerebral Trauma;
Hematoma*;
Humans;
Prognosis;
Shock, Hemorrhagic;
Temporal Lobe
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
1990;19(1):61-69
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The authors studied 22 patients with delayed traumatic intracerebral hematoma (DTICH) who had been admitted to Hanyang University Hospital from March 1987 to February 1988. The results of the study were summerized as follows : 1) DTICH occurred most frequently on frontal and temporal lobe and closely associated with contusion of the brain at initial brain computed tomographic scan. 2) 20 cases of DTICH discovered within 10 days after trauma and remained 2 cases occurred at 20 day and 30 day, respectively. 3) The prognosis of DTICH was mostly affected by the neurological status at admission and good results of the surgery was obtained from the patients operated within 48 hours. 4) It was though that closed observation of the neurological status, repeated computed tomographic scanning and prevention of the systemic insults such as hypoxia and hemorrhagic shock would be improved the clinical outcome of the DTICH.
