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Efficacy of lumbar cistern drainage combined with intrathecal antibiotherapy for the treatment of ventriculo-subarachnoid infections following surgery for hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage.

Neuro-Chirurgie 2017 March
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of lumbar cistern drainage combined with intrathecal injection of antibiotics (LCD-ITI) in treating postoperative intracranial infections of hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage (pHIH-ICI).

METHODS: Sixty pHIH-ICI patients were randomly divided into the control group and the treatment group, with 30 patients in each group. Conventional treatment was performed in the control group, while LCD-ITI was performed in the treatment group. The clinical outcomes, Glasgow Outcome Score (GOS), activities of daily living (ADL) scores, incidence rates of hydrocephalus and other indicators were compared.

RESULTS: The improvement time of clinical symptoms, infection control time and hydrocephalus incidence of the treatment group were significantly lower than the control group (P<0.05). Also the infection control rate, GOS score and ADL score of the treatment group were significantly higher or better than the control group (P<0.05).

CONCLUSION: LCD-ITI could improve clinical treatment and prognosis of pHIH-ICI patients.

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