Clinical Trial: Prospective Clinical Investigation on Infection as a Cause of Chronic Subdural Hematoma.

U.S., April 30 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07556991) titled 'Prospective Clinical Investigation on Infection as a Cause of Chronic Subdural Hematoma.' on April 22.

Brief Summary: Chronic subdural hematoma (cSDH) is a very common disease, primarily affecting older people, and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The incidence described in the literature is approximately 5 per 100,000/year, but it occurs more frequently in the elderly, with up to 58 per 100,000/year. The recurrence rate is high and is described in the literature as 10 to 27%. Consequently, various studies have evaluated potential risk factors for hematoma recurrence, such as age, brain atrophy, mixed HU dens...