Primary decompressive craniectomy in patients with large intracerebral hematomas due to aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

CONCLUSIONS: In patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and concomitant space-occupying intracerebral hemorrhage, early DC was not associated with improved functional outcomes, but with a reduced rate of DCI-related infarctions. This potential benefit has to be weighed against high complication rates of DC in subarachnoid hemorrhage …