Why the study?
The authors sought to report their experience with external ventricular drainage before endovascular treatment in acute aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and examine its relation to hemorrhagic complications.
Does performing EVD before EVT increase hemorrhagic complications compared to performing it after EVT in patients with acute aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage?
Population
122 patients with acute aSAH undergoing EVT and EVD within 72 hours of rupture
Comparison
EVD before EVT (pre-embo EVD) vs EVD after EVT (post-embo EVD)
Design
Cohort study
Follow-up
At discharge
Authors
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Pre-EVD may not increase hemorrhage risk in aneurysmal SAH; hypothesis-generating, leaves optimal timing open pending RCTs.
Does performing EVD before EVT increase hemorrhagic complications compared to performing it after EVT in patients with acute aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage?
Performing external ventricular drainage before endovascular treatment in acute aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage appears safe and does not increase hemorrhagic complications.
Lim et al. (2019) studied this question.