Hurting More Than Helping? Decompressive Craniectomy in Patients With Symptomatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage After Mechanical Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Insights From Stroke Thrombectomy and Aneurysm Registry.
Elliot Pressman, Kunal Vakharia, Waldo R Guerrero, Mohammad-Mahdi Sowlat, Samantha Schimmel, Ilko Maier, Ansaar Raai, Pascal Jabbour, Joon-Tae Kim, Jonathan A Grossberg, Ali Alawieh, Stacey Q Wolfe, Robert M Stark, Marios-Nikos Psychogios, Edgar A Samaniego, Nitin Goyal, Justin Dye, Ali Alaraj, Shinichi Yoshimura, Mohamad Ezzeldin, David Fiorella, Omar Tanweer, Daniele G Romano, Pedro Navia, Hugo Cuellar, Isabel Fragata, Adam Polifka, Justin Mascitelli, Joshua Osbun, Fazeel Siddiqui, Mark Moss, Kaustubh Limaye, Charles Matouk, Min S Park, Waleed Brinjikji, Ergun Daglioglu, Richard Williamson, David J Altschul, Christopher S Ogilvy, Roberto Crosa, Michael R Levitt, Benjamin Gory, Ramesh Grandhi, Alexandra R Paul, Peter Kan, Walter Casagrande, Shakeel Chowdhry, Michael F Stiefel, Alejandro M Spiotta, Maxim Mokin
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Abstract
Background and objectives: It remains unclear whether decompressive craniectomy (DC) is beneficial in patients who suffer symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH) after acute ischemic stroke (AIS). We sought to study the effect of DC on functional outcomes in patients with sICH after AIS who underwent mechanical thrombectomy (MT).
Methods: Patients with AIS from anterior circulation large vessel occlusion who underwent MT and subsequently developed sICH were identified from the Stroke Thrombectomy and Aneurysm Registry database. The primary outcome was acceptable 90-day functional neurological outcome, defined as modified Rankin scale (mRS) 0-3. Multivariable logistic regression and propensity-score matching were used to identify and quantify risk factors.
Results: Of 464 patients identified with sICH after AIS after MT, 97 patients (20.9%) underwent DC. Patients who underwent DC were more likely to be female (P < .001), younger (P < .001), have a measured medical comorbidity, have higher baseline mRS (P = .02), and have higher-grade hemorrhages (P = .01). At 90 days, 14% of patients had the primary outcome of mRS 0-3 and 56% had died. The primary outcome was observed in 11 patients who underwent DC (11%) and 55 (15%) of those without DC (odds ratio [OR] 0.7, 95% CI 0.4-1.4, P = .40). DC did not affect mRS shift at 90 days (P = .10) but was associated with lower mortality (OR 0.5, 95% CI 0.3-0.8, P = .01). Multivariable analysis demonstrated that DC decreased the odds of primary outcome (adjusted OR 0.2, 95% CI 0.02-0.9, P = .045), but did not affect mortality (P = .94), mRS shift (P = .50), or length of stay (P = .90). Propensity-matched analysis similarly demonstrated that non-DC patients were more likely to achieve the primary outcome (24% vs 8%, P = .045).
Conclusion: In patients with sICH after AIS after MT, those selected for DC had less favorable outcomes and similar rates of mortality at 90 days.
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Neurosurgery, the official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, publishes research on clinical and experimental neurosurgery covering the very latest developments in science, technology, and medicine. For professionals aware of the rapid pace of developments in the field, this journal is nothing short of indispensable as the most complete window on the contemporary field of neurosurgery.
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