title: The clinical efficacy of neuronavigation-assisted minimally invasive operation on hypertensive basal ganglia hemorrhage.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the therapeutic effect of neuronavigation-assisted minimally invasive operation on hypertensive basal ganglia hemorrhage patients with hematoma volume less than 30 mL.
  
  
  METHODS
  25 hypertensive basal ganglia hemorrhage patients with hematoma volume varied from 15 to 30 mL were enrolled. 13 patients were recuited to undertook puncture aspiration and catheter drainage under real-time neuronavigation. The operations were carried out under CT imaging guidance. Twelve patients with conservative treatment were recruited as control.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Neuronavigation operation group was superior to the conservative treatment group in terms of hematoma clearance time, duration of hospitalization, 6-month Glasgow coma score (GCS) scores and neurological deficiency scores.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Neuronavigation-assisted minimally invasive operation is suitable for low volume hypertensive basal ganglia hemorrhage and improves the prognosis of these patients significantly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Jin Shan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China. wersong@aliyun.com.
authors.forename: Y-F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: D-W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Ru
authors.forename: J-R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: E-S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: H-B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Yao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020145:Basal Ganglia Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D038361:Neuronavigation / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome