Pattern of chronic subdural hematoma at Shaab teaching hospital, Khartoum, Sudan

ABSTRACT

Twenty cases of chronic subdural haematoma encountered in patients admitted over a period of five years at the neurosurgical section, Shaab Teaching Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan, are presented. Chronic subdural haematoma should be suggested in patients having a history of trauma even mild, associated with neurological deficit, fluctuation in the level of consciousness and focal convulsions with asymptomatic phase. Treatment consisted of burr holdes, or small craniotomy for the evacuation of the liquid haematoma