J Korean Neurosurg Soc.  1996 Oct;25(10):1982-1986.

The Results of Stereotactic Evacuation of Spontaneous Large-Volume Intracerebral Hematomas

• Lee SH
• Jung N

Abstract

In a series of 289 patients who underwent stereotactic evacuation of spontaneous intracerebral hematoma(ICH) located in the supratentorial hemisphere from January 1990 through December 1994, the 30th day postoperative outcomes were analysed between small ICH group and large ICH group according to the initial Glasgow Coma Scale(GCS) scores. There were no significant differences found in the postoperative outcome between both groups(p=0.26), except for the finding that the small ICH group showed a better GCS score of less than 8(p=0.04) than large ICH group. In conclusion, it is suggested from these findings that stereotactic evacuation should be more readily employed for large ICH group as well as for small ICH group.

Keyword

Spontaneous intracerebral hematoma; Stereotactic evacuation

MeSH Terms

Coma
Hematoma*
Humans