TY - BOOK AU - Mohamed Adel Elmallawany AU - Ahmed Mohamed Hashim , AU - Basim Mohamed Ayoub , AU - Maamoun Ismail Maamoun , TI - Comparison of burr holes and decompressive craniotomy in the surgical treatment of traumatic acute subdural hematoma / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mohamed Adel Elmallawany , KW - Acute subdural hematoma KW - Craniotomy KW - Decompressive craniotomy N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of General Surgery; Issued also as CD N2 - Despite the increasing acceptance ofdecompressive craniotomy in patients with traumatic brain injury , the value of early decompressive craniotomy ( DC ) in patients with acute subdural haematoma is still under debate . In this study , we reviewed 20 patients with traumatic acute subdural haematoma , 10 of whom were treated with haematomaevacuation via burr holes craniotomy and 10 of whom weretreated with DC ER -