Table 5.

Distribution of 524 TBI patients brought to the operating room between March 1999 and July 2004 according to the surgical procedure

Surgical procedure	Patients	% of total patients
Epidural hematoma evacuation	139	26.5
Acute subdural hematoma evacuation	104	20
Treatment of depressed skull fracture	73	14
Treatment of multiple lesions*	70	13.4
Chronic subdural hematoma evacuation	60	11.4
Treatment of gunshot wound	38	7.3
Intracerebral hematoma evacuation	20	3.8
Treatment of thermal skull injury	12	2.3
Treatment of obstetrical trauma	8	1.3

^*Multiple lesions are related to the finding of more than one injury type in the same patient

(e.g. epidural + intracerebral hematoma, etc.) (Simon Bolivar Hospital, Neurosurgical Service. Patient database, 2004)