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Table 5 3-Month outcomes and safety of ICP monitoring

From: Characteristics and therapeutic profile of TBI patients who underwent bilateral decompressive craniectomy: experience with 151 cases

 

ICP monitoring, n = 90

None-ICP monitoring, n = 61

P value

Progressive intracranial hemorrhage (n, %)

   

 Hematoma enlargement

13 (14.4)

6 (9.8)

0.462

 New hemorrhagic lesion

7 (7.8)

4 (6.6)

0.999

Operations plans

   

 Pre-operative scheduled bilateral DC

33 (36.7)

24 (39.3)

0.864

 Intraoperative scheduled contralateral DC

20 (22.2)

12 (19.8)

0.839

 Post-operative immediately contralateral DC

18 (20.0)

0 (0)

< 0.001

 USS, (n, %)

19 (21.1)

25 (40.9)

0.011*

Length of ICU stay

9 (6–17)

13 (8–22)

0.057

Complications and adverse events (n, %)#

   

 Hydrocephalus

15 (16.7)

13 (21.3)

0.525

 CNS Infection

6 (6.7)

3 (4.9)

0.740

 Others

12 (13.3)

6 (9.8)

0.213

Modified Rankin Scale at 90 days (n, %)

  

0.448

 0: No symptoms at all

1 (1.1)

1 (1.6)

 

 1: No substantive disability despite symptoms

5 (5.5)

1 (1.6)

 

 2: Slight disability

7 (7.6)

4 (6.5)

 

 3: Moderate disability requiring some help

22 (24.1)

3 (4.9)

 

 4: Moderate–severe disability requiring assistance with daily living

28 (30.7)

16 (26.4)

 

 5: Severe disability, bed­bound and incontinent

19 (20.2)

21 (34.4)

 

 6: Death by 90 days (mortality)

8 (8.8)

15 (24.6)

0.0104*

  1. Data are given as n (%), or median (IQR) unless otherwise noted
  2. DC decompressive craniectomy, ICP intracranial pressure, ICU intensive caring unites, IPH intra-parenchyma hematoma, NLR neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, SDH subdural hematoma, tSAH traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, USS unplanned secondary surgery, WBC white blood cells
  3. *P < 0.05
  4. #Patients may suffer more than one item