J Korean Neurosurg Soc.  1994 Nov;23(11):1244-1252.

Results of Stereotactic Evacuation of Hematoma and External Ventricular Drainage in Comatose Patients with Hypertensive Supratentorial Intracerebral Hemorrhage

• Hong SB
• Yu DJ
• Song CK
• Yang EJ
• Jang SJ
• Shin H

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze and evaluate therapeutic results of stereotactic evacuation of hematoma, urokinase irrigation and external ventricular drainage(EVD) in comatose patients who had hypertensive supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhage. The authors carried out stereotactic evacuation of hematoma and external ventricular drainage in the consecutive 45 cases who were admitted to the Department of Neurosurgery, Chosun University Hospital. from Sep. 1990 to Jun. 1993. The therapeutic results were as follows : 1) The peak age incidences were 6th to 7th decades. The incidence was higher in female than male. The age was not related to the prognosis. 2) The hematoma was located at the basal ganglia in 37 cases, and the thalamic area in 8 cases. The prognosis was poorer as the area of hematoma extended more wider and deeper. 3) The volume of hematoma ranged from 8 to 155 ml. The prognosis of the patient was unfavorable in large volume of hematoma. 4) Intraventricular hemorrhage(IVH) occured in forty cases(89.9%) and mortality rate was 45%. The mortality rate was increased in cases with IVH than in case without it. 5) The mortality rates based on the Glasgow coma scale(GCS) on admission were 50% in GCS score 4 group, 50% in GCS score 5 group, 40% in GCS score 6 group, 27% in GCS score 7 group. Cases of low Glasgow coma scale on admission showed high mortality rate. 6) The overall mortality rate was 42%. These results suggest that stereotactic evacuation of hematoma and EVD decreased the mortality rate when compared with conservative treatment and conventional craniotomy in the literatures.

Keyword

Hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage; Comatose patients; Stereotactic evacuation; External ventricular drainage

MeSH Terms

Basal Ganglia
Cerebral Hemorrhage*
Coma*
Craniotomy
Drainage*
Female
Glasgow Coma Scale
Hematoma*
Humans
Incidence
Intracranial Hemorrhage, Hypertensive
Male
Mortality
Neurosurgery
Prognosis
Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator
Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator