Effect of continuous cisternal cerebrospinal fluid drainage for patients with thin subarachnoid hemorrhage

Figures & data

Table 1 Patient characteristics

	Patients with CSF drainage (n = 38)	Patients without CSF drainage (n = 40)
Age	48.4 ± 14.8	54.0 ± 8.1	ns
Sex (M/F)	13/25	9/31	ns
Hunt & Hess grade			ns
1	5	11
2	30	25
3	3	4
Location of ruptured aneurysm			ns
ACA	12	18
ICA	18	13
MCA	8	9

Abbreviations: ACA, anterior cerebral artery; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; F, female; ICA internal carotid artery; M, male; MCA, middle cerebral artery; ns, not significant.

Table 2 Patients with and without CSF drainage

	Patients with CSF drainage (n = 38)	Patients without CSF drainage (n = 40)
Angiographical vasospasm	12/38 (31.6%)	20/40 (50.0%)	ns
Symptomatic vasospasm	3/38 (7.9%)	5/40 (12.5%)	ns
Shunt-dependent hydrocephalus	2/38 (5.3%)	0/40 (0%)	ns
Meningitis	1/38 (2.6%)	0/40 (0%)	ns
GR 2 months after the onset	38/38 (100%)	40/40 (100%)	ns

Abbreviations: CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; GR, good recovery in the Glasgow Outcome Scale.

Table 3 Patients with drainage over 10 days

	Drainage over 10 days
	Yes (n = 28)	No (n = 10)
AVS (yes/no)	7/21	5/5	ns
SVA (yes/no)	2/26	1/9	ns
H-K	1.96 ± 0.46	1.83 ± 0.41	ns
VPS(yes/no)	2/26	0/10	ns
CSF drained/day	147.1 ± 49.3	177.1 ± 92.6	ns

Abbreviations: AVS, ; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; H-K, ; SVA, ; VPS, .