Burr Hole Surgery for Drainage of Chronic and Subacute Subdural Hematomas: Low Recurrence Rate in a Single Surgeon Cohort.

Background: A complication after surgical intervention for chronic and subacute subdural hematoma drainage is the recurrence of hematoma, often requiring repeat surgical management. Recurrence rates varied widely across the published series, which may partially be due to different technical strategies used by the surgeons involved in the study. We decided to review our patients with chronic and subacute subdural hematomas that were surgically managed with a burr hole procedure by a single surgeon to compare recurrence rates with the evidence available.

Factors associated with the onset and persistence of post-lumbar puncture headache.

Importance: This study assesses factors associated with the most common adverse event following lumbar puncture.

Objective: To identify factors associated with the risk, onset, and persistence of post-dural puncture headache (PDPH).

Design, Setting, And Participants: We performed univariate and multivariable analyses of 338 lumbar punctures in the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network observational study using linear mixed models, adjusting for participant-level and family-level random effects.