Long Term Outcome After Hemorrhagic Stroke Surgery

Chinese University of Hong Kong191 enrolled

Overview

The investigators retrospectively reviewed all patients with neurosurgical operations for hemorrhagic stroke (intracerebral hemorrhage) between 1999 and 2008. Research assistant then telephoned the survivors for neurological and cognitive status.

Death at one year for intracerebral hemorrhage varies by location, with 42% for cerebellar in one series. Of patients who had intracerebral hemorrhage in the United States during 2002, only 20% are expected to be functionally independently at 6 months. Although case series established the value of selected timely hematoma evacuation, long term clinical outcome, especially on cognition, is not well described in the literature. With these in mind, we carried out this study.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

191

Conditions

Stroke

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * All hemorrhagic stroke patients with neurosurgical operations performed between 1999 and 2008. Exclusion Criteria: * Spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage as the dominant etiology * uncommunicable patients * nonsurvivors

Locations (1)

Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, China

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Modified Rankin Scale

Time frame: Cross-sectional at 2-12 years after ictus

Secondary Outcomes

Barthel Index

Basic Activity of Daily Living

Time frame: Cross-sectional at 2-12 years post-ictus

Telephone Interview of Cognitive Status

Time frame: Cross-sectional at 2-12 years post-ictus

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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