Computer tomographic long-time results after surgical removal of subdural fluid collections in infancy and childhood.

Abstract

61 infants and children underwent surgery of acute hygroma, acute subdural hematoma, chronic subdural hygroma, chronic subdural hematoma, and subdural empyema. Long time-follow up including computerized tomography could be performed in 20 of these cases. Only 3 CT-scans had been without pathological finding. The most common finding had been an enlargement of the inner and outer CSF spaces suggesting cerebral atrophy. No correlation had been found to kind of surgical treatment and clinical status.