Surgical Trial In Intracerebral Hemorrhage (STICH)

Introduction

1033 patients, median age 62, 27 countries

CT evidence of spontaneous supratentorial intracranial hemorrhage duration < 72 hours

Surgery vs conservative management

Results:

• 140 of 529 patients randomized to conservative therapy under- went surgery because of deterioration
• at 6 months, no difference in disability or survival between surgical & conservatively-treated groups
• patients with hematomas < 1 cm from cortical surface are more likely to benefit from surgical intervention

More general terms

• clinical trial