Chronic subdural hematoma in patients over 65 years old: Results of using a postoperative cognitive evaluation to determine whether to permit return to driving

CONCLUSION: CSDH is known as treatable dementia. However, we should perform an objective cognitive assessment before discharge because only 63% of the patients over 65 y.o. who wished to drive could return to driving.PMID:34084639 | PMC:PMC8168661 | DOI:10.25259/SNI_186_2021

Source: Surgical Neurology International - June 4, 2021 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Masahito Katsuki Iori Yasuda Norio Narita Dan Ozaki Yoshimichi Sato Yuya Kato Wenting Jia Taketo Nishizawa Ryuzaburo Kochi Kanako Sato Kokoro Kawamura Naoya Ishida Ohmi Watanabe Siqi Cai Shinya Shimabukuro Kenichi Yokota Source Type: research