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Objective To explore the surgical indication,key point and curative effect of small bone window in removing the frontal brain contusion and basal ganglia hematoma.Methods The clinical data of 118 patients with frontal cerebral contusion (38 cases) or basal ganglia hematoma (80 cases) were retrospectively analyzed,and the patients were given small bone window surgery.Results The postoperative curative effect was evaluated by daily life activities Barthel index.In 118 patients,56 cases (47.5％) were postoperative independent (Barthel index 100 scores),34 cases (28.8％) were mild dependence (Barthel index 75-95 scores),16 cases (13.6％) were moderate dependence (Barthel index 50-70 scores),10 cases (8.5％) were severe and totally dependence (Barthel index 0-45 scores),and 2 cases (1.7％) were death.Conclusion Small bone window in removing the frontal brain contusion and basal ganglia hematoma has small trauma,fully removed lesions,shorter operation time,fewer complications,quicker recovery,no skull repair,and lower mortality and disability rate.
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Recently, the detection of traumatic intracerebral hematoma has been greatly expedited by the advent of computed tomography. However, Traumatic Basal Ganglia Hematoma(TBGH) has remained rare and its prognosis has been regarded as poor. The authors obtained following results from the analysis of clinical features and outcome on 50 cases of TBGH who has been treated at the department of neurosurgery, Wonju Christian Hospital from January, 1984 to June, 1988. 1) The incidence of TBGH was 2% of all head-injured patients. 2) The average age of patient was 26.6 years, and the most common cause was motorvehicular accident(80%). 3) The clinical features revealed mental deterioration on 44 cases, followed by motor weakness(23 cases), and decerebrate rigidity(16 cases). 4) The frequent location of hematoma was putamen(27 cases, >50%), internal capsule(9 cases, 14%). 5) The combined lesion showed mostly lower GCS(Glasgow Coma Scale) than solitary lesion(P<0.001). 6) The groups of both GCS above 8(P<0.001) and small hematoma volume below < 15ml(P<0.001) showed relatively good outcome.