Clinical and radiographic factors involved in achieving a hematoma evacuation rate of more than 70% through minimally invasive catheter drainage for spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage

Abstract Although stereotactic or neuronavigation-guided hematoma drainage for spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is widely used, its clinical efficacy and factors for predictive results remain to be fully elucidated. This study sought to determine the efficacy of hematoma evacuation for spontaneous ICH, in addition to the factors affecting it. We retrospectively reviewed patients who underwent stereotactic or neuronavigation-guided catheter insertion for spontaneous ICH at our institute between April 2010 and December 2019. We identified and compared the clinical and radiographic factors between groups according to the hematoma evacuation rate of 70%. Logistic regression analyses were performed to identify factors affecting hematoma evacuation. We investigated whether the hematoma evacuation rate was associated with patient survival. A total of 95 patients who underwent stereotactic or neuronavigation-guided catheter insertion and hematoma drainage for spontaneous ICH were included. A multivariate analysis indicated that a hematoma volume of 30–60 cm3 (odds ratio [OR] = 8.064, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.285–28.468, P = 0.001), blend sign (OR = 6.790, 95% CI = 1.239–37.210, P = 0.027), diabetes (OR = 0.188, 95% CI = 0.041–0.870, P = 0.032), and leukocytosis (OR = 3.061, 95% CI = 1.094–8.563, P = 0.033) were significantly associated with a higher hematoma evacuation. The mean hematoma evacuation rate in patients with 1-month mortality was lower than that in survivors (P = 0.051). Our study revealed that a hematoma volume of 30–60 cm3, the presence of a blend sign and leukocytosis, and the absence of diabetes are independent predictors that affect more than 70% of hematoma evacuations.