Surgical results in the treatment of chronic subdural hematoma in Villa Clara

Authors

  • Eliecer A. Figueroa Verdecia Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Daylanis V. Figueroa Verdecia Universidad de Ciencias Médicas “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Jenny L. Álvarez Santos
  • Alfredo Amado Donéstevez de Mendaro Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Keywords:

hematoma, subdural, chronic/surgery, treatment outcome

Abstract

A descriptive study was carried out due to the need to give answers to several questions which constituted our main objectives. As general objective we analyzed the evolution of the elderly patients treated in our province with a diagnosis of chronic subdural hematoma; and as specific objectives we identified the clinical manifestations presented, determined the complications that appeared and interpreted the existing relation between complications, tomographic findings, the stay in hospital and the evolution. In order to achieve this, 117 medical histories of patients suffering from this illness were checked – the elderly patients were taken as a sample. Then the necessary variables were tabulated and the Anton-Alvarez scale was used to know the final results. The results showed a prevalence of unilateral hematomas over the bilateral ones; that the headache was the predominant clinical manifestation, as well as the respiratory sepsis in the complications; and it was concluded that in general the patients evolve satisfactorily.

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Author Biographies

Eliecer A. Figueroa Verdecia, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I Grado en Neurocirugía. Profesor Auxiliar de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Daylanis V. Figueroa Verdecia, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Doctora en Ciencias Psicológicas. Profesora Auxiliar de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Jenny L. Álvarez Santos

Médico General Básico.

Alfredo Amado Donéstevez de Mendaro, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I y II Grado en Neurocirugía. Profesor Auxiliar de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

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Figueroa Verdecia EA, Figueroa Verdecia DV, Álvarez Santos JL, Donéstevez de Mendaro AA. Surgical results in the treatment of chronic subdural hematoma in Villa Clara. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2010 Apr. 4 [cited 2025 Jul. 1];4(2):15-20. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/499

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2010): April-June

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Original Articles

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