Clinical Analysis on 96 Cases of Traumatic Intracerebral Hematoma Treated with Operation

ABSTRACT

The authors had studied 96 cases of traumatic intracerebral hematoma surgically treated in the Department of Neurosurgery, Masan Koryo Hospital from January 1987 to December 1991. The results were as follows: 1) The patients' age ranged from 8 to 73 years and sex distribution was dominant in male. 2) The most common cause of traumatic intracerebral hematoma was fall. 3) The most common site of hematoma was frontal lobe, followed by temporal lobe. 4) The neurologic status on admission was closely related to prognosis. 5) DTICH(Delayed traumatic intracerebral hematoma) was found in 7 cases(28.1%) which had poor prognosis. 6) Total mortality rate was 28.1%.