Epidural hematoma in children with traumatic brain injury treatment.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 12 Epidural hematoma in children with traumatic brain injury treatment Author: Chang-Tao ZHAO Xiao-Ping Hou Fan Xiaoxuan Zhouzhen Guo Bolu Ning 【Abstract】 Objective To observe the clinical manifestations in children with epidural hematoma and treatment characteristics. Method by observing the January to December, 2008 Bachelor of epidural hematoma in children treated 17 patients, analysis of their clinical manifestations and treatment characteristics. Results of 17 cases treated, cured 13 cases, the basic recovery in 3 cases and 1 died. Conclusion of epidural hematoma in children with atypical symptoms, easily missed diagnosis and misdiagnosis. Condition changes in epidural hematoma in children fast, easy life-threatening, early diagnosis and prompt treatment prognosis is good. Keywords: epidural hematoma in children Surgical treatment of traumatic brain injury In recent years, along with social progress and development, increasing the number of cars, as well as the diversity of children’s entertainment facilities, development and application of the incidence of traumatic brain injury of children increased significantly than before. Epidural hematoma in children compared with simple depressed skull fracture, brain contusion and laceration, etc. in the clinical diagnosis and treatment of rare, but children with epidural hematoma conditions change quickly, if not treated in time will be life-threatening. As children of the nervous system anatomy, physiology, pathology and other adults, there are differences, mesh inadequate development of epithelial systems, etc. Therefore, its clinical manifestations of injury are also different from the adult [1]. Hospital neurosurgery January to December 2008 were treated 17 cases of epidural hematoma in children, is now used for a retrospective analysis, the report is as follows. A clinical data 1.1 General Information of this group of pediatric patients with epidu