title: Stereotactic aspiration of intracerebral haematoma: significance of surgical timing and haematoma volume reduction.
abstract: We reviewed 63 patients with primary intracerebral haemorrhage (PICH) in basal ganglia treated by computed tomography (CT)-guided stereotactic aspiration to evaluate the impact of surgical timing and degree of haematoma volume reduction on neurological outcome evaluated with Glasgow Outcome Score (GOS). In 19 patients operation was performed within 24h from the symptom onset with more than 60% of haematoma volume reduction. At 3 weeks 11 patients (58%) achieved a favorable outcome (GOS 4 or 5). In the other 44 patients only 10 (23%) recovered to GOS 4 or 5. These differences were statistically significant. At 6 months a still larger proportion of patients with early radical decompression showed favorable outcome, however, the difference was not statistically significant. The results demonstrate that early and radical stereotactic aspiration provided a better neurological outcome at the early recovery phase, though the beneficial effect on the final outcome was not significant statistically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. jilee@smc.samsung.co.kr
authors.forename: Jung-Il
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Do-Hyun
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Nam
authors.forename: Jong-Soo
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seung-Chyul
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Hyung-Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Kwan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Whan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Eoh
authors.forename: Jong Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000473:pathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000009:adverse effects; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome