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22 May 2022 : Clinical Research  

A Retrospective Study from a Single Center of 208 Patients with Unilateral Chronic Subdural Hematoma to Compare Outcomes Following Burr Hole Craniotomy and Hematoma Drainage Within 48 Hours and Between 48 Hours and 5 Days

In-Hyoung Lee ORCID logo12ABCDEF, Jong-Il Choi ORCID logo2ADFG*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.936774

Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e936774

Table 2 Comparison of the clinical outcomes.

Early removal (n=100)Late removal (n=108)P-value
Hospital stay duration (d)9.68±3.649.92±3.820.648
Postoperative GCS score14.25±1.3514.14±1.330.551
GCS score improvement0.33±0.700.31±0.740.880
mRS score
 At discharge2.52±1.252.54±1.400.887
 At 3 months1.85±1.451.89±1.490.851
 At 6 months1.42±1.571.45±1.620.912
mRS score 0–3 at discharge* 73/97 (75.3%)76/107 (71.0%)0.499
Mortality2 (2)3 (2.8)0.716
Data are presented as means±standard deviations (ranges) or numbers (%).
* 4 patients were excluded because recurrence occurred during the in-hospital period.
GCS – Glasgow Coma Scale; mRS – modified Rankin scale.

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Medical Science Monitor eISSN: 1643-3750
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