Minimum Invasive Treatment for Chronic Subdural Hematoma : Replacement of Hematoma with Oxygen through Percutaneous Subdural Tapping : Technical Note

Abstract

  The authors have developed percutaneous subdural tapping as minimum invasive treatment particularly for the aged patients with chronic subdural hematoma. As the ultimate application, replacement of hematoma with oxygen has been adopted to remove most of the hematoma without saline irrigation. The technical details of this treatment are described, in addition to valuable points of minimum invasiveness.