ObjectiveTo explore the advantages and operation skills of ultra-early small bone window craniotomy surgery on cerebral hemorrhage in basal ganglia regions. MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 58 patients with cerebral hemorrhage in basal ganglia regions who underwent ultra-early small bone window craniotomy between January 2009 and December 2012. ResultsPatients within 24 hours after surgery were re-checked by CT scan, which showed that hematoma was cleared in 53 cases, most removed in 2 cases, re-hemorrhage occurred in 2 patients whose hematoma was immediately removed by the original incision, 1 patient had large area infarction and underwent bone flap decompression. According to Glasgow outcome scale score at discharge, the outcome was good in 23, moderate disability in 18, severe disability in 12, persistent vegetative state in 2 and 3 were dead. ConclusionUltra-early skull-window craniotomy can timely and completely remove the hematoma, provide reliable coagulation, protect important arteries with less re-hemorrhage and excellent outcome, which is one of the most effective methods for treating cerebral hemorrhage in basal ganglia regions.
ObjectiveTo systematically review the efficacy between key hole approach versus large trauma craniotomy for patients with hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage. MethodsSuch databases as The Cochrane Library (Issue 3, 2013), PubMed, EMbase, WangFang Data, CNKI and VIP was searched to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on key hole approach versus large trauma craniotomy for patients with hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage from January 2005 to June 2013. Two reviewers independently screened literature according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, extracted data, and assessed the methodological quality of included studies. Then meta-analysis was performed using RevMan 5.2. ResultsA total of 13 studies involving 1 324 patients was included. The results of meta-analysis showed that, key hole approach was superior to large trauma craniotomy with significant differences in the fatality rate (OR=0.29, 95%CI 0.19 to 0.45, P < 0.000 01), incidence of postoperative complications (OR=0.35, 95%CI 0.21 to 0.57, P < 0.000 1), recovery time of consciousness (MD=-4.52, 95%CI-5.84 to-3.20, P < 0.000 01), neurologic impairment score after 1-month treatment (MD=-12.63, 95%CI-16.36 to-8.90, P < 0.000 01), total effectiveness (OR=3.79, 95%CI 2.54 to 5.66, P < 0.000 01), and postoperative living ability (ADL Grade I, Ⅱ). ConclusionKey hole approach is better than large trauma craniotomy for patients with hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage. Due to limited quality and quantity of the included studies, the abovementioned conclusion still needs to be verified by conducting more high quality studies, especially conducting multicenter blinding RCTs with large sample-size.