Turkish Neurosurgery
1994 , Vol 4 , Num 2
EPIDURAL HEMATOMAS IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD: REPORT OF 54 CASES
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