Usefulness of exploratory burr holes in the management of severe head injury
Natarajan, M.; Asok Kumar, N.; Jawahar, G.
Journal of the Indian Medical Association 87(11): 256-258
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0019-5847 PMID: 2634701 Document Number: 343616
The authors performed burr hole exploration for the diagnosis of intracranial haematomas in 110 consecutive patients with severe head injury. Burr hole revealed extra-axial mass lesions in 61 patients and 49 patients had negative exploration. Post-mortem study showed that only a very few clots were missed by routine burr holes. The study indicated that diagnostic burr hole exploration was a sensitive method for detecting extracerebral mass lesions in centres where CT scanning facilities were not available.