Surgery for acute subdural haematoma: the value of pre-emptive decompressive craniectomy by Propensity score analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: When differences in patient's baseline characteristics are balanced by PS, the variables associated with long-term outcome are year, age, falls from patient´s own height, hypoxia, early deterioration, pupillary abnormalities, basal cistern effacement, compliance to ICP monitoring guidelines and type of surgical approach (craniotomy and pre-emptive DC are associated with better outcome). Patients with an intermediate or worse risk of unfavourable outcome according to their baseline characteristics might achieve better than expected outcome if they undergo pre-emptive DC. PMID: 32972116 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences - Category: Neurosurgery Tags: J Neurosurg Sci Source Type: research