ICES (Intraoperative Stereotactic Computed Tomography-Guided Endoscopic Surgery) for Brain Hemorrhage: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

• Published in: Stroke (1970) Vol. 47; no. 11; pp. 2749 - 2755
• Main Authors: Vespa, Paul, Hanley, Daniel, Betz, Joshua, Hoffer, Alan, Engh, Johnathan, Carter, Robert, Nakaji, Peter, Ogilvy, Chris, Jallo, Jack, Selman, Warren, Bistran-Hall, Amanda, Lane, Karen, McBee, Nichol, Saver, Jeffery, Thompson, Richard E., Martin, Neil
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Heart Association, Inc 01.11.2016
• Subjects: Cerebral Hemorrhage - diagnostic imaging; Cerebral Hemorrhage - mortality; Cerebral Hemorrhage - surgery; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; Neuroendoscopy - adverse effects; Neuroendoscopy - methods; Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; Pilot Projects; Surgery, Computer-Assisted - adverse effects; Surgery, Computer-Assisted - methods; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; intracerebral hemorrhage; endoscopic surgery; stroke; coma; hemorrhagic

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE—Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a devastating disease without a proven therapy to improve long-term outcome. Considerable controversy about the role of surgery remains. Minimally invasive endoscopic surgery for ICH offers the potential of improved neurological outcome. METHO...