Surgical Outcome of Spontaneous Intracebellar Haemorrhage
Keywords:
Intracerebellar, hemorrhage, good outcome, neurological deficit.Abstract
Introduction: The management of spontaneous intracerebellar hemorrhage has always been a challenge for neurosurgeons and neurophysicians. So far, neither medical nor surgical intervention has been shown consis-tently to improve the outcome. In this study, we described our experience of surgery for the treatment of sponta-neous cerebellar haemorrhage.
Objective: To determine the frequency of good outcome of surgical evacuation of intracerebellar hematoma.
Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive prospective study conducted at the department of Neurosurgery PGMI / Lahore General Hospital Lahore. Duration of study was 1 year from 6th August 2010 to 6th August 2011. This study included 75 patients with spontaneous intracerebellar haemorrhage that underwent surgical treatment. Patients were followed for 30 days to see the frequency of good outcome.
Results: The mean age of the patients was 60.60, SD 9.43 years (range 43 – 77). There were 15 (20%) patients of age range of 40 – 50 years, 19 (25.3%) patients of age range of 51 – 60 years, 33 (44%) patients of age range of 61 – 70 years, and 08 (10.7%) patients in the age range of 71 – 80 years). There were 51 (68%) male patients and 24 (32 %) female patient in the study. There were 33 (44%) patients who showed good outcome after surgical treatment of spontaneous intracerebellar haemorrhage.
Conclusions: Surgery for spontaneous intracerebellar hemorrhage holds good outcome and should be conside-red for intracerebellar hemorrhage.
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