Does suboccipital decompression and evacuation of intraparenchymal hematoma improve neurological outcome in patients with spontaneous cerebellar hemorrhage?

Spontaneous cerebellar hemorrhages (SCH) can lead to life-threatening complications with high mortality rates of 20-50%. Although complications of SCH can be prevented by surgical therapy, there is a lack of consensus concerning the optimal surgical technique for evacuating SCH.

Source: Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery - February 2, 2017 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Katharina A.M. Hackenberg, Andreas W. Unterberg, Carla S. Jung, Julian B ösel, Silvia Schönenberger, Klaus Zweckberger Source Type: research