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Polster SP, Awad IA. In Reply: Intracerebral Hemorrhage Volume Reduction and Timing of Intervention Versus Functional Benefit and Survival in the MISTIE III and STICH Trials. Neurosurgery 2021; 89:E247-E248. [PMID: 34333661 DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyab264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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- Sean P Polster
- Neurovascular Surgery Program Department of Neurosurgery University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Neurovascular Surgery Program Department of Neurosurgery University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Bouillon-Minois JB, Croizier C, Baker JS, Pereira B, Moustafa F, Outrey J, Schmidt J, Peschanski N, Dutheil F. Tranexamic acid in non-traumatic intracranial bleeding: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sci Rep 2021; 11:15275. [PMID: 34315966 PMCID: PMC8316462 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-94727-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 07/08/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Non-traumatic intracranial bleeding (NTIB), comprising subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and intra-cranial bleeding (ICH) is a significant public health concern. Tranexamic acid (TXA) is a promising treatment with benefits yet to be fully demonstrated. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis on the impact of TXA on mortality in NTIB. We searched the PubMed, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar and ScienceDirect databases for studies reporting mortality data following the use of TXA in NTIB for comparisons with a control group. We computed random-effect meta-analysis on estimates of risk and sensitivity analyses. We computed meta-regression to examine the putative effects of the severity of NTIB, sociodemographic data (age, sex), and publication date. Among potentially 10,008 articles, we included 15 studies representing a total of 4883 patients: 2455 receiving TXA and 2428 controls; 1110 died (23%) during the follow-up. The meta-analysis demonstrated a potential of 22% decrease in mortality for patients treated by TXA (RR = 0.78, 95%CI 0.58-0.98, p = 0.002). Meta-regression did not demonstrate any influence of the severity of NTIB, age, sex, length of treatment or date of publication. Sensitivity analyses confirmed benefits of TXA on mortality. TXA appears to be a therapeutic option to reduce non-traumatic intracranial bleeding mortality, particularly in patients with SAH.
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- Jean-Baptiste Bouillon-Minois
- grid.494717.80000000115480420CNRS, LaPSCo, Physiological and Psychosocial Stress, CHU Clermont–Ferrand, Emergency Medicine, Université Clermont Auvergne, 63000 Clermont–Ferrand, France ,grid.411163.00000 0004 0639 4151Emergency Department, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, 58, Rue Montalembert, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- grid.411163.00000 0004 0639 4151Department of Hematology and Cell Therapy, CHU Clermont–Ferrand, 63000 Clermont–Ferrand, France
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- grid.221309.b0000 0004 1764 5980Centre for Health and Exercise Science Research, Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
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- grid.411163.00000 0004 0639 4151Clinical Research and Innovation Direction, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- grid.411163.00000 0004 0639 4151Emergency Department, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- grid.411158.80000 0004 0638 9213Emergency Department, CHU de Besançon, Besançon, France
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- grid.494717.80000000115480420CNRS, LaPSCo, Physiological and Psychosocial Stress, CHU Clermont–Ferrand, Emergency Medicine, Université Clermont Auvergne, 63000 Clermont–Ferrand, France
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- grid.411154.40000 0001 2175 0984Emergency Department & SAMU, University of Rennes Hospital, 35000 Rennes, France ,grid.410368.80000 0001 2191 9284Rennes-1 University School of Medicine, 35000 Rennes, France
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- grid.494717.80000000115480420CNRS, LaPSCo, Physiological and Psychosocial Stress, CHU Clermont–Ferrand, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Université Clermont Auvergne, WittyFit, 63000 Clermont–Ferrand, France
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Kobata H, Ikeda N. Recent Updates in Neurosurgical Interventions for Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Minimally Invasive Surgery to Improve Surgical Performance. Front Neurol 2021; 12:703189. [PMID: 34349724 PMCID: PMC8326326 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.703189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The efficacy and safety of surgical treatment for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) have long been subjects of investigation and debate. The recent results of the minimally invasive surgery plus alteplase for intracerebral hemorrhage evacuation (MISTIE) III trial demonstrated the safety of the procedure and a reduction in mortality compared to medical treatment. Although no improvement in functional outcomes was shown, the trial elucidated that benefits of intervention depend on surgical performance: a greater ICH reduction, defined as ≤ 15 mL end of treatment ICH volume or ≥70% volume reduction, correlated with significant functional improvement. Recent meta-analyses suggested the benefits of neurosurgical hematoma evacuation, especially when performed earlier and done using minimally invasive procedures. In MISTIE III, to confirm hemostasis and reduce the risk of rebleeding, the mean time from onset to surgery and treatment completion took 47 and 123 h, respectively. Theoretically, the earlier the hematoma is removed, the better the outcome. Therefore, a higher rate of hematoma reduction within an earlier time course may be beneficial. Neuroendoscopic surgery enables less invasive removal of ICH under direct visualization. Minimally invasive procedures have continued to evolve with the support of advanced guidance systems and devices in favor of better surgical performance. Ongoing randomized controlled trials utilizing emerging minimally invasive techniques, such as the Early Minimally Invasive Removal of Intra Cerebral Hemorrhage (ENRICH) trial, Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Surgical Treatment with Apollo/Artemis in Patients with Brain Hemorrhage (INVEST) trial, and the Dutch Intracerebral Hemorrhage Surgery Trial (DIST), may provide significant information on the optimal treatment for ICH.
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- Hitoshi Kobata
- Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka Mishima Emergency Critical Care Center, Takatsuki, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Takatsuki, Japan
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Polster SP, Carrión-Penagos J, Lyne SB, Gregson BA, Cao Y, Thompson RE, Stadnik A, Girard R, Money PL, Lane K, McBee N, Ziai W, Mould WA, Iqbal A, Metcalfe S, Hao Y, Dodd R, Carlson AP, Camarata PJ, Caron JL, Harrigan MR, Zuccarello M, Mendelow AD, Hanley DF, Awad IA. Intracerebral Hemorrhage Volume Reduction and Timing of Intervention Versus Functional Benefit and Survival in the MISTIE III and STICH Trials. Neurosurgery 2021; 88:961-970. [PMID: 33475732 DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyaa572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The extent of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) removal conferred survival and functional benefits in the minimally invasive surgery with thrombolysis in intracerebral hemorrhage evacuation (MISTIE) III trial. It is unclear whether this similarly impacts outcome with craniotomy (open surgery) or whether timing from ictus to intervention influences outcome with either procedure. OBJECTIVE To compare volume evacuation and timing of surgery in relation to outcomes in the MISTIE III and STICH (Surgical Trial in Intracerebral Hemorrhage) trials. METHODS Postoperative scans were performed in STICH II, but not in STICH I; therefore, surgical MISTIE III cases with lobar hemorrhages (n = 84) were compared to STICH II all lobar cases (n = 259) for volumetric analyses. All MISTIE III surgical patients (n = 240) were compared to both STICH I and II (n = 722) surgical patients for timing analyses. These were investigated using cubic spline modeling and multivariate risk adjustment. RESULTS End-of-treatment ICH volume ≤28.8 mL in MISTIE III and ≤30.0 mL in STICH II had increased probability of modified Rankin Scale (mRS) 0 to 3 at 180 d (P = .01 and P = .003, respectively). The effect in the MISTIE cohort remained significant after multivariate risk adjustments. Earlier surgery within 62 h of ictus had a lower probability of achieving an mRS 0 to 3 at 180 d with STICH I and II (P = .0004), but not with MISTIE III. This remained significant with multivariate risk adjustments. There was no impact of timing until intervention on mortality up to 47 h with either procedure. CONCLUSION Thresholds of ICH removal influenced outcome with both procedures to a similar extent. There was a similar likelihood of achieving a good outcome with both procedures within a broad therapeutic time window.
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- Sean P Polster
- Neurovascular Surgery Program, Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences, Chicago, Illinois
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- Neurovascular Surgery Program, Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences, Chicago, Illinois
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- Neurovascular Surgery Program, Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences, Chicago, Illinois
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- Neurosurgical Trials Group, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Neurovascular Surgery Program, Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Brain Injury Outcomes, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Neurovascular Surgery Program, Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences, Chicago, Illinois
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- Neurovascular Surgery Program, Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Brain Injury Outcomes, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Brain Injury Outcomes, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Brain Injury Outcomes, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Brain Injury Outcomes, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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- Division of Brain Injury Outcomes, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Neurosurgical Trials Group, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Division of Brain Injury Outcomes, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Neurovascular Surgery Program, Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences, Chicago, Illinois
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Kellner CP, Schupper AJ, Mocco J. Surgical Evacuation of Intracerebral Hemorrhage: The Potential Importance of Timing. Stroke 2021; 52:3391-3398. [PMID: 34187180 DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.121.032238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Christopher P Kellner
- Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Health System, New York
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Health System, New York
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Health System, New York
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Scullen T, Mathkour M, Dumont AS. Commentary: Intracerebral Hemorrhage Volume Reduction and Timing of Intervention Versus Functional Benefit and Survival in the MISTIE III and STICH Trials. Neurosurgery 2021; 88:E391-E393. [PMID: 33555013 DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyab016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Tyler Scullen
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Tulane Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Tulane Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Tulane Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Robinson MW, Prestigiacomo CJ, Ngwenya LB. Commentary: Intracerebral Hemorrhage Volume Reduction and Timing of Intervention Versus Functional Benefit and Survival in the MISTIE III and STICH Trials. Neurosurgery 2021; 88:E394-E395. [PMID: 33556176 DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyab018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Michael W Robinson
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.,Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Ogiwara T, Suzuki Y, Hasegawa T, Nakamura T, Fujii Y, Hanaoka Y, Ito K, Yokota A, Higashiyama F, Oya F, Horiuchi T. Tailor-Made Endoscopic Surgical Strategy for Severe Intraventricular Hemorrhage with Obstructive Hydrocephalus. World Neurosurg 2021; 150:e771-e776. [PMID: 33819701 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.03.142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2021] [Accepted: 03/28/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Severe intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) is associated with a high mortality rate and poor functional outcome, even with recent neurosurgical developments. IVH requires emergent surgery to save the patient's life, but the optimal surgical strategy remains controversial. We assessed the results obtained with our tailor-made endoscopic surgical strategy for severe IVH with obstructive hydrocephalus. METHODS Consecutive patients with severe IVH owing to intracerebral hemorrhage who were treated with endoscopic surgery in the acute phase were retrospectively reviewed. Both rigid and flexible endoscopes were used for removal of hematoma in the whole ventricular system. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy and septostomy were performed as appropriate in each individual case. RESULTS Eight patients met the inclusion criteria and were included in the analysis. Sufficient IVH removal without neglecting the fourth ventricle was achieved with our technique in 6 of 8 cases (75.0%). Endoscopic third ventriculostomy and septostomy were added in 4 cases each (50.0%). Four patients (50.0%) had a marked recovery and a good outcome (modified Rankin Scale score ≤2) despite disease severity at onset. The procedure was completed successfully in all cases, and there were no surgery-related complications. CONCLUSIONS This study showed that our tailor-made endoscopic surgical strategy for severe IVH with obstructive hydrocephalus may be beneficial.
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- Toshihiro Ogiwara
- Department of Neurosurgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shinshu Ueda Medical Center, Ueda, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shinshu Ueda Medical Center, Ueda, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Intracerebral hemorrhage is a stroke subtype with high mortality and poor functional outcome in survivors. Its main causes are hypertension, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, and anticoagulant treatment. Hematomas have a high frequency of expansion in the first hours after symptom onset, a process associated with neurologic deterioration and poor outcome. Control of severe hypertension, reversal of anticoagulant effect, and management of increased intracranial pressure are the mainstays of management of intracerebral hemorrhage in the acute phase. Surgical evacuation of the hematoma by conventional craniotomy does not improve outcomes, but minimally invasive techniques may be a valuable approach that deserves further evaluation.
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- Carlos S Kase
- Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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- Division of Brain Injury Outcomes, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Balasa A, Ghiga D, Andone RS, Zahan AE, Florian IA, Chinezu R. Effects of Surgery on the 30-Day Survival Rate in Spontaneous Supratentorial Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Brain Sci 2020; 11:brainsci11010005. [PMID: 33374684 PMCID: PMC7822470 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11010005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2020] [Revised: 12/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background: Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a severe form of stroke. The efficacy of surgery as ICH treatment is controversial. We sought to compare the 30-day postoperative mortality rate between patients with surgically and medically treated ICH; Methods: This prospective study enrolled patients consecutively diagnosed with ICH and treated between 2017 and 2019. Patients meeting the study surgical indications were assigned to either surgical or medical treatment. The relationship between Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score, age, ICH location, ICH volume, and 30-day mortality was analyzed. Results: A total of 174 ICH patients were enrolled in this study. Of these, 136 met the surgery criteria; 65 of these underwent surgery (Group A), and 71 received medical treatment (Group B). Age and ICH location did not modify mortality. Although surgery did not overall improve mortality some better postsurgical outcomes were observed among patients surgically treated with GCS scores of at least 10 points and ICH volumes between 30 to 50 mL; Conclusions: Despite achieving an immediate reduction in intracranial pressure, surgery seems to be advantageous only for patients with ICH volumes between 30 to 50 mL and GCS scores of 10 points or higher.
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- Adrian Balasa
- Department of Neurosurgery, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology, 540142 Tîrgu Mureș, Romania;
- Department of Neurosurgery, Tîrgu Mureș Clinical Emergency County Hospital, 540136 Tîrgu Mureș, Romania
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology, 540142 Tîrgu Mureș, Romania;
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- Department of Neurology, Tîrgu Mureș Clinical Emergency County Hospital, 540136 Tîrgu Mureș, Romania;
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- Department of Histology, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology, 540142 Tîrgu Mureș, Romania;
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Iuliu Haţieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania;
- Department of Neurosurgery, Cluj-Napoca Clinical Emergency County Hospital, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Neurosurgery, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology, 540142 Tîrgu Mureș, Romania;
- Department of Neurosurgery, Tîrgu Mureș Clinical Emergency County Hospital, 540136 Tîrgu Mureș, Romania
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McGurgan IJ, Ziai WC, Werring DJ, Al-Shahi Salman R, Parry-Jones AR. Acute intracerebral haemorrhage: diagnosis and management. Pract Neurol 2020; 21:practneurol-2020-002763. [PMID: 33288539 PMCID: PMC7982923 DOI: 10.1136/practneurol-2020-002763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) accounts for half of the disability-adjusted life years lost due to stroke worldwide. Care pathways for acute stroke result in the rapid identification of ICH, but its acute management can prove challenging because no individual treatment has been shown definitively to improve its outcome. Nonetheless, acute stroke unit care improves outcome after ICH, patients benefit from interventions to prevent complications, acute blood pressure lowering appears safe and might have a modest benefit, and implementing a bundle of high-quality acute care is associated with a greater chance of survival. In this article, we address the important questions that neurologists face in the diagnosis and acute management of ICH, and focus on the supporting evidence and practical delivery for the main acute interventions.
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- Iain J McGurgan
- Wolfson Centre for Prevention of Stroke and Dementia, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK
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- Division of Brain Injury Outcomes, Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Stroke Research Centre, Department of Brain Repair and Rehabilitation, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCL, London, UK
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- Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, UK
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Parry-Jones AR, Moullaali TJ, Ziai WC. Treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage: From specific interventions to bundles of care. Int J Stroke 2020; 15:945-953. [PMID: 33059547 PMCID: PMC7739136 DOI: 10.1177/1747493020964663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) represents a major, global, unmet health need with few treatments. A significant minority of ICH patients present taking an anticoagulant; both vitamin-K antagonists and increasingly direct oral anticoagulants. Anticoagulants are associated with an increased risk of hematoma expansion, and rapid reversal reduces this risk and may improve outcome. Vitamin-K antagonists are reversed with prothrombin complex concentrate, dabigatran with idarucizumab, and anti-Xa agents with PCC or andexanet alfa, where available. Blood pressure lowering may reduce hematoma growth and improve clinical outcomes and careful (avoiding reductions ≥60 mm Hg within 1 h), targeted (as low as 120-130 mm Hg), and sustained (minimizing variability) treatment during the first 24 h may be optimal for achieving better functional outcomes in mild-to-moderate severity acute ICH. Surgery for ICH may include hematoma evacuation and external ventricular drainage to treat hydrocephalus. No large, well-conducted phase III trial of surgery in ICH has so far shown overall benefit, but meta-analyses report an increased likelihood of good functional outcome and lower risk of death with surgery, compared to medical treatment only. Expert supportive care on a stroke unit or critical care unit improves outcomes. Early prognostication is difficult, and early do-not-resuscitate orders or withdrawal of active care should be used judiciously in the first 24-48 h of care. Implementation of acute ICH care can be challenging, and using a care bundle approach, with regular monitoring of data and improvement of care processes can ensure consistent and optimal care for all patients.
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- Adrian R Parry-Jones
- Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, UK
- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia
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- Division of Neurosciences Critical Care, Department of Neurology, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Al-Kawaz MN, Hanley DF, Ziai W. Advances in Therapeutic Approaches for Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Neurotherapeutics 2020; 17:1757-1767. [PMID: 32720246 PMCID: PMC7851203 DOI: 10.1007/s13311-020-00902-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) results in high rates of morbidity and mortality, with intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) being associated with even worse outcomes. Therapeutic interventions in acute ICH have continued to emerge with focus on arresting hemorrhage expansion, clot volume reduction of both intraventricular and parenchymal hematomas, and targeting perihematomal edema and inflammation. Large randomized controlled trials addressing the effectiveness of rapid blood pressure lowering, hemostatic therapy with platelet transfusion, and other clotting complexes and hematoma volume reduction using minimally invasive techniques have impacted clinical guidelines. We review the recent evolution in the management of acute spontaneous ICH, discussing which interventions have been shown to be safe and which may potentially improve outcomes.
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- Mais N Al-Kawaz
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1800 Orleans Street, Phipps 455, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA
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- The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1800 Orleans Street, Phipps 455, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA
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- The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1800 Orleans Street, Phipps 455, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.
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Hanley DF, Awad IA, Ziai WC. Role of Temporal Sequence in Treating Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Ann Neurol 2020; 88:237-238. [PMID: 32542797 DOI: 10.1002/ana.25823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Revised: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Daniel F Hanley
- Division of Brain Injury Outcomes, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Neurovascular Surgery Program, Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Brain Injury Outcomes, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.,Neurosciences Critical Care Division, Departments of Neurology, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, and Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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