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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sara Mehrsefat, M.D. [2]

Overview

The indications for surgery in patients with Intracerebral hemorrhage vary with the site of the bleed. Open craniotomy is the most widely studied surgical techniques in patients with supratentorial ICH.[1][2] Recently, several studies have shown minimally invasive aspiration associated with better outcomes with less invasive approaches compared to standard craniotomies.[3][4][5]

Surgery

The indications for surgery in patients with ICH vary with the site of the bleed.

Timing of surgery

  • Timing of surgery for ICH remains controversial. Randomized prospective trials to date have reported on a wide time frame for surgery that ranges from 4 to 96 hours after symptom onset. Ultra-early craniotomy (within 4 hours from ictus) was associated with an increased risk of rebleeding in a study that involved 24 patients.[1][6][7][8]

Surgical techniques

Open craniotomy

Open craniotomy is the most widely studied surgical techniques in patients with supratentorial ICH.[1][2]

External ventricular drain (EVD)

External ventricular drain (EVD) or ventricular catheter (VC) is a small catheter that relieves elevated intracranial pressure and hydrocephalus when the normal flow of cerebrospinal fluid around the brain is obstructed. it inserted through the skull and into the lateral ventricle.[9]

The indications for EVD includes:[10]

Minimally invasive surgical evacuation of ICH

Several recent randomized studies have shown minimally invasive aspiration associated with better outcomes with less invasive approaches compared to standard craniotomies.[3][4][5]

Site of the bleed

Supratentorial hemorrhage

Early hematoma evacuation has not been shown to be beneficial in the 2 latest randomized trials, and it is still unclarified whether surgery may benefit specific groups of patients with supratentorial ICH. Therefore, the routine evacuation of supratentorial ICH in the first 96 hours is not recommended.[1][2]

Standard craniotomy should be considered in following conditions:

  • Hematoma near the cortical surface (lobar clots >30 mL within 1 cm of the surface)
  • Recent onset of hemorrhage[4]
  • Ongoing clinical deterioration
  • Involvement of the nondominant hemisphere

Craniotomy should not be considered in:

  • Patients who are either fully alert or deeply comatose

Posterior fossa hemorrhage

Because of the narrow confines of the posterior fossa, obstructive hydrocephalus and local mass effect on the brainstem can result in rapid deterioration of the patient with cerebellar hemorrhage.

  • Surgical decompression in patients whom cerebellar hemorrhage is associated with brainstem compression, hydrocephalus, or patients with cerebellar hemorrhages >3 cm in diameteris are associated with good outcomes.[11]
  • Controlling ICP via means other than hematoma evacuation, such as ventricular catheter VC insertion alone, is considered insufficient, is not recommended, and may actually be harmful.[12]

Intraventricular hemorrhage

  • Using of ventricular catheter (VC) alone may be ineffective because of difficulty maintaining catheter patency and the slow removal of intraventricular blood.[13]
  • There are now reports of alternative procedures for IVH, such as endoscopic surgical evacuation and ventriculostomy.

2015 AHA/ASA Guidelines for the Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage[14]

Hemostasis and Coagulopathy, Antiplatelet Agents, and DVT Prophylaxis: Recommendations

Surgical Treatment of ICH: Recommendations

Class I
"1.Patients with cerebellar hemorrhage who are deteriorating neurologically or who have brainstem compression and/or hydrocephalus from ventricular obstruction should undergo surgical removal of the hemorrhage as soon as possible (Level of Evidence: B)"
Class III (Harm)
"1. Initial treatment of patients with cerebellar hemorrhage who are deteriorating neurologically or who have brainstem compression and/or hydrocephalus from ventricular obstruction is not recommended (Level of Evidence: C)"
Class IIb
"1. For most patients with supratentorial ICH, the usefulness of surgery is not well established (Level of Evidence: A)"
"2. A policy of early hematoma evacuation is not clearly beneficial compared with hematoma evacution when patients deteriorate (Level of Evidence: A)"
"3. Supratentorial hematoma evacuation in deteriorating patients might be considered as a life-saving measure (Level of Evidence: C)"
"4.Decompressive hemicraniectomy (DC) with or without hematoma evacuation might reduce mortality for patients with supratentorial ICH who are in a coma, have large hematomas with significant midline shift, or have elevated ICP refractory to medical management (Level of Evidence: C)"
"5. The effectiveness of minimally invasive clot evacuation with stereotactic or endoscopic aspiration with or without thrombolytic usage is uncertain (Level of Evidence: B)"

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Mendelow AD, Gregson BA, Rowan EN, Murray GD, Gholkar A, Mitchell PM; STICH II Investigators. Early surgery versus initial conservative treatment in patients with spontaneous supratentorial lobar intracerebral haematomas (STICH II): a randomised trial [published cor- rection appears in Lancet. 2013;382:396]. Lancet. 2013;382:397–408. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60986-1.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mendelow AD, Gregson BA, Mitchell PM, Murray GD, Rowan EN, Gholkar AR; STICH II Investigators. Surgical Trial in Lobar Intracerebral Haemorrhage (STICH II) protocol. Trials. 2011;12:124. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-124.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Fung C, Murek M, Z’Graggen WJ, Krähenbühl AK, Gautschi OP, Schucht P, Gralla J, Schaller K, Arnold M, Fischer U, Mattle HP, Raabe A, Beck J. Decompressive hemicraniectomy in patients with supratento- rial intracerebral hemorrhage. Stroke. 2012;43:3207–3211. doi: 10.1161/ STROKEAHA.112.666537.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Wang WZ, Jiang B, Liu HM, Li D, Lu CZ, Zhao YD, Sander JW. Minimally invasive craniopuncture therapy vs. conservative treat- ment for spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage: results from a ran- domized clinical trial in China. Int J Stroke. 2009;4:11–16. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2009.00239.x.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Mould WA, Carhuapoma JR, Muschelli J, Lane K, Morgan TC, McBee NA, Bistran-Hall AJ, Ullman NL, Vespa P, Martin NA, Awad I, Zuccarello M, Hanley DF; MISTIE Investigators. Minimally invasive surgery plus recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator for intrace- rebral hemorrhage evacuation decreases perihematomal edema. Stroke. 2013;44:627–634. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.000411.
  6. Mendelow AD, Gregson BA, Fernandes HM, Murray GD, Teasdale GM, Hope DT, Karimi A, Shaw MD, Barer DH; STICH investigators. Early surgery versus initial conservative treatment in patients with spontane- ous supratentorial intracerebral haematomas in the International Surgical Trial in Intracerebral Haemorrhage (STICH): a randomised trial. Lancet. 2005;365:387–397. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)17826-X.
  7. Pantazis G, Tsitsopoulos P, Mihas C, Katsiva V, Stavrianos V, Zymaris S. Early surgical treatment vs conservative management for spontaneous supratentorial intracerebral hematomas: a prospective randomized study. Surg Neurol. 2006;66:492–501.
  8. Delcourt C, Huang Y, Arima H, Chalmers J, Davis SM, Heeley EL, Wang J, Parsons MW, Liu G, Anderson CS; INTERACT1 Investigators. Hematoma growth and outcomes in intracerebral hemorrhage: the INTERACT1 study. Neurology. 2012;79:314–319. doi: 10.1212/ WNL.0b013e318260cbba.
  9. Pfausler B, Beer R, Engelhardt K, Kemmler G, Mohsenipour I, Schmutzhard E (2004). "Cell index--a new parameter for the early diagnosis of ventriculostomy (external ventricular drainage)-related ventriculitis in patients with intraventricular hemorrhage?". Acta Neurochir (Wien). 146 (5): 477–81. doi:10.1007/s00701-004-0258-8. PMID 15118885.
  10. Jaffe J, Melnychuk E, Muschelli J, Ziai W, Morgan T, Hanley DF; et al. (2012). "Ventricular catheter location and the clearance of intraventricular hemorrhage". Neurosurgery. 70 (5): 1258–63, discussion 1263-4. doi:10.1227/NEU.0b013e31823f6571. PMC 3719169. PMID 22067423.
  11. Da Pian R, Bazzan A, Pasqualin A. Surgical versus medical treatment of spontaneous posterior fossa haematomas: a cooperative study on 205 cases. Neurol Res. 1984;6:145–151.
  12. van Loon J, Van Calenbergh F, Goffin J, Plets C. Controversies in the management of spontaneous cerebellar haemorrhage: a consecutive series of 49 cases and review of the literature. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 1993;122:187–193.
  13. Huttner HB, Köhrmann M, Berger C, Georgiadis D, Schwab S. Influence of intraventricular hemorrhage and occlusive hydrocephalus on the long-term outcome of treated patients with basal ganglia hemorrhage: a case-control study. J Neurosurg. 2006;105:412–417. doi: 10.3171/jns.2006.105.3.412.
  14. 2015 AHA/ASA Guidelines for the Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhagehttp://stroke.ahajournals.org/content/early/2015/05/28/STR.0000000000000069 Accessed on November 10, 2016


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