the authors , herein , proposed the new method with small craniectomy , 3 cm in diameter and irrigation with nelaton 's catheter for acute sdh with cerebral edema or swelling , that is the hematoma irrigation with trephination therapy ( hitt ) and performed it in 27 adult cases , 19 to 84 years of age ( 20 males and 7 females ) , who were transported within 24 hours after trauma and hospitalized in department of emergency medicine , university of tokyo hospital during the period from january , 1982 to january , 1984 , whose glasgow coma scale points were 3 to 8 on admission , 16 cases ( 59 % ) of whom showed unilateral or bilateral absence of light reflex .
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cerebral
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swelling