Long-Term Follow-up in Patients with Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage Treated With or Without Surgical Intervention: a Large-Scale Retrospective Study.

ABSTRACT: Debates regarding the most beneficial medical or surgical procedures for patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH) are still ongoing. We aimed to evaluate the risk of subsequent vascular disease and mortality in patients with sICH treated with and without surgical intervention, in a large-scale Asian population. Patients hospitalized within 2000 to 2013 who were newly diagnosed with sICH were identified using the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan. Neuroendoscopy and craniotomy groups comprised patients who underwent surgical treatment within 1 week, while those in the control group did not undergo early surgical treatment. Outcomes included subsequent hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke, following acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, and mo

SUBMITTER: Chen X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6694356 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature