[Direct effects of the intrathecal administration of normal saline for the brain expansion after the removal of subdural hematoma].

In a group of 360 patients the effects were studied of various management methods in case of lacking expansion of the brain after removal of chronic subdural haematoma on the therapeutic results. It was found that intrathecal infusion of normal saline was an effective procedure, with small frequency of transient complications, and was followed by a considerably lower number of re-operations than after external or internal drainage of haematoma cavity.