Clinical characteristics and functional outcome of surgically treated adult head trauma patients with acute subdural hematoma: Ethiopian tertiary hospitals experience.

Background: Acute subdural hematoma (ASDH) is one of the most common and devastating lesions in traumatic brain injury with a mortality rate upto 60 % especially in low-income countries. The present study aimed to determine the clinical characteristics and functional outcomes and the associated factors of surgically treated head trauma patients with ASDH.

Methods: Between January 2018 and January 2021 we identified 140 head trauma patients with ASDH who underwent surgical evacuation in three tertiary hospitals.