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Reviewing the literature of the last 50 years for survival rates of more than 1300 patients suffering from acute traumatic subdural hematoma, one must be surprised by the fact that survival rates have not increased significantly due to better diagnostic tools and progress in intensive care medicine.
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Rama, B., Clausert, L., Markakis, E., Schöner, W., Kolenda, H., Turner, E. (1989). Outcome of Patients with an Acute Traumatic Subdural Hematoma. In: Frowein, R.A., Brock, M., Klinger, M. (eds) Head Injuries. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 17. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74279-8_7
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