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A comparison was made between factors influencing survival in patients oper
ated on for acute spontaneous subdural hematomas (ASSH) and other groups of
patients operated for acute, posttraumatic, subdural hematoma reported in
the literature.
The data of 17 patients operated on for ASSH were collected. Four variables
: early surgical treatment, high Glasgow Coma Scale score on admission, pup
illary reactivity and age were statistically analyzed.
The most significant factors for good outcome, in order of importance, were
early surgical treatment, a high Glasgow Come Scale score on admission, go
od pupillary reactivity and younger age.
The prognostic factors in non-traumatic and traumatic acute subdural hemato
mas were found to be identical.