Swiss medical weekly
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Swiss medical weekly · Jul 2008
Clinical TrialSurgical treatment of chronic subdural haematoma under monitored anaesthesia care.
General and local uses of anaesthesia are the preferred common methods in the surgical treatment of chronic subdural haematoma (CSDH). The literature provides no information regarding monitored anaesthesia care during surgery of CSDH. In this report we evaluate the clinical results of surgical treatment for CSDH under monitored anaesthesia care. ⋯ Preliminary results indicate that surgery for CSDH under monitored anaesthesia care is safe and effective. Conscious sedation using monitored anaesthesia care, that is a middle ground between general anaesthesia and local anaesthesia, may facilitate patient comfort and surgical competence during surgery for CSDH.