Evacuating Hypertensive Intracerebral Hematoma with a Cortical Sulcus Approach.

Objective To study the curative effect and prognosis of patients with basal ganglia cerebral hemorrhages treated using a transcortical-sulcus approach and compare with results obtained using the traditional cerebral cortex approach. Methods Clinical data were collected from 106 patients with hypertensive hemorrhage in the basal ganglia who were treated using either a transcortical-sulcus approach or traditional cerebral cortex approach. The rate of rehemorrhage, incidence of epilepsy, and 3-month efficacy (defined by an activities of daily living score) rate between the 2 groups were compared. Results The 3-month efficacy rates of patients treated using the transcortical-sulcus and traditional cerebral cortex surgical approaches were 78.4% and 60%, respectively ( P < 0.05). The incidence of epilepsy was lower in the transcortical-sulcus approach group compared with the traditional approach group, and significant differences were detected between the 2 groups ( P < 0.05). Conclusions The transcortical-sulcus approach can significantly improve the prognosis of patients with intracerebral hemorrhages in the basal ganglia and reduce the incidence of postoperative seizures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]