In the surgical cohort, subdural hematoma recurrence or progression requiring surgical drainage through 90 days occurred in 4.1% of patients randomized to embolization with the Onyx liquid ...

CT imaging of the brain revealed an acute 1.3-cm subdural hematoma over the right convexity and 1.5 cm of midline shift to the left. The right lateral ventricle and third ventricle were effaced ...

Neurologic and laboratory test results were normal. Cranial computed (CT) tomography showed right-sided chronic subdural hematoma with pronounced midline shift, the researchers report.

The study involved 400 patients with subdural hematomas treated at 39 medical centers. The patients, who averaged 72 years of age, got either standard hematoma surgery (203 patients) or surgery ...

Primary Source New England Journal of Medicine Source Reference: Miah IP, et al "Dexamethasone versus surgery for chronic subdural hematoma" N Engl J Med 2023; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2216767.