title: Treatment of hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage through keyhole transsylvian approach.
abstract: The present study investigated the therapeutic effects and indications of keyhole transsylvian approach (KTA) in the treatment of hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage (HICH). Clinical data of 65 cases of HICH were retrospectively analyzed. All the patients were treated by open surgical evacuation either through KTA (KTA group) or through conventional craniotomy approach (CCA group). The operative time, intraoperative bleeding quantity, the length of hospitalization, mortality, and favorable outcome were compared between the 2 groups. Compared with the CCA group, the KTA group had smaller bleeding quantity and shorter length of hospitalization. Favorable outcome at 3 months after admission was higher in the KTA group than that in the CCA group. The present study suggests that treatment of HICH through KTA is a practical and effective surgical procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China 310003.
authors.forename: Jie-Sheng
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Qing-Sheng
authors.initials: QS
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jian-Bo
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Ling-Ling
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002535:Cerebral Aqueduct / Q000601:surgery*; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D020299:Intracranial Hemorrhage, Hypertensive / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020146:Putaminal Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome