Chronic subdural hematoma in the elderly: Not a benign disease. Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-76

  Miranda, Lucas Bernardes ^a   Braxton, Ernest ^a   Hobbs, Joseph ^a   Quigley, Matthew R ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuarial survival; Chronic subdural hematoma; Elderly; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLOSED DRAINAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, CHRONIC; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 78651314885     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.8.JNS10298     Document Type: Article

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