TRAUMATIC SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE - ANALYSIS OF 89 CASES

Between 1985 and 1990, 2056 patients with head injuries were treated i n the Department of Neurosurgery at the Izmir State Hospital. Among th em, 89 patients with traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage (TSAH) were an alysed retrospectively. It was noted that focal or global contusion ac companying TSAH was the most common pathology which could be detected in computer tomographic (CT) imaging. CT did not show any other intrac ranial lesion in 13 cases. Vasospasm developed in one patients and hyd rocephalus in two others in the acute stage. Considering the relations hip between the severity of a subarachnoid haemorrhage detected on CT and the mortality rate, it was seen that the mortality rate was higher in patients who suffered diffuse subarachnoid haemorrhage with intrac erebral or intraventricular clots.