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Burr-hole drainage of chronic subdural
Why are we operating?
Two small holes in the skull to let out the old blood that has been slowly squeezing an older brain; among neurosurgery's simplest operations and most grateful recoveries.
Indication: Symptomatic chronic subdural haematoma, typically weeks after minor trauma in an older or anticoagulated patient.
The operation in 4 steps
01Planning from the scan
02The burr holes
03Opening the dura and washing out
04Subdural drain and closure
Watch it done
Chronic subdural hematoma management
Who gets burr holes, who gets watched, and what recurrence means.
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine · Watch on YouTube
Conceptual teaching for learners preparing to observe and assist under supervision, not operative instructions. Five minutes from now you should know why this operation exists, what its shape is, and which structures it is designed not to injure.