Turkish Neurosurgery 1994 , Vol 4 , Num 2
EPIDURAL HEMATOMAS IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD: REPORT OF 54 CASES
Murat HANCI, Mustafa UZAN, Cengiz KUDAY. Ali Çetin SARlOĞLU, Ziya AKAR, Bülent CANBAZ, Pamir ERDİNÇLER, Sait AKÇURA
Department of Neurosurgery, Cerrahpaşa Medical School University of İstanbul Aksaray, İstanbul-Turkey We report a series of 54 children with traumatic epidural hematoma. All patients were admitted to the neurosurgery department of Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty of Istanbul University between years 1982 and 1992. There were 5 infants (0-2 years old) in the series. In children (3 -15 years old, Epidural hematoma was most frequently seen between 11 and 15 years. All the cases were treated surgically. Eighty-seven percent were discharged any neurological deficit. The overall mortality rate in this series was 5.5%. Keywords : Children, Epidural hematoma, Head injury
Corresponding author : Murat Hancı