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Decompressive craniectomy combined with mild hypothermia in patients with large hemispheric infarction: a randomized controlled trial
BACKGROUND: The effect of hypothermia on large hemispheric infarction (LHI) remains controversial. Our study aimed to explore the therapeutic outcomes of decompressive craniectomy (DC) combined with hypothermia on LHI. METHODS: Patients were randomly divided into three groups: the DC group, the DC p...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7953537/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33711963 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-021-02142-7 |
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author | Fan, Linlin Su, Yingying Zhang, Yan Ye, Hong Chen, Weibi Liu, Gang |
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description | BACKGROUND: The effect of hypothermia on large hemispheric infarction (LHI) remains controversial. Our study aimed to explore the therapeutic outcomes of decompressive craniectomy (DC) combined with hypothermia on LHI. METHODS: Patients were randomly divided into three groups: the DC group, the DC plus head surface cooling (DCSC) group and the DC plus endovascular hypothermia (DCEH) group. The DC group was maintained normothermia. The DCSC group received 24-h ice cap on the head for 7 days. While the DCEH group were given endovascular hypothermia (34 °C). Mortality and modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score at 6 months were evaluated. RESULTS: Thirty-four patients were included in the study. Mortality of the DC, DCSC and DCEH groups at discharge were 22.2% (2/9), 0% (0/14) and 9.1% (1/11), respectively. However, it increased to 44.4% (4/9), 21.4% (3/14) and 45.5% (5/11) at 6 months, respectively (p = 0.367). Pneumonia (8 cases) was the leading cause of death after discharge. Twelve cases (35.3%) achieved good neurological outcome (mRS 0–3) at 6 months. The proportions of good neurological outcome in the DC, DCSC and DCEH groups were 22.2% (2/9 cases), 42.9% (6/14 cases) and 36.4% (4/11), respectively. The DCSC group seemed to have higher proportion of good outcomes, but there was no significant difference between groups (p = 0.598). Among survivors, endovascular hypothermia had a higher proportion of good outcome (DC group, 2/5 cases, 40.0%; DCSC group, 6/11 cases, 54.5%; DCEH group, 4/6 cases, 66.7%; p = 0.696). The incidence of complications in the DCEH group was higher than those of the DC and DCSC groups (18.9%, 12.0%, and 12.1%, respectively; p = 0.025). CONCLUSIONS: There is still no evidence to confirm that hypothermia further reduces long-term mortality and improves neurological outcomes in LHI patients with DC. However, there is a trend to benefit survivors from hypothermia. A local cooling method may be a better option for DC patients, which has little impact on systematic complications. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Decompressive Hemicraniectomy Combined Hypothermia in Malignant Middle Cerebral Artery Infarct, ChiCTR-TRC-12002698. Registered 11 Oct 2012- Retrospectively registered, URL: http://www.chictr.org.cn/showproj.aspx?proj=6854. |
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spelling | pubmed-79535372021-03-12 Decompressive craniectomy combined with mild hypothermia in patients with large hemispheric infarction: a randomized controlled trial Fan, Linlin Su, Yingying Zhang, Yan Ye, Hong Chen, Weibi Liu, Gang BMC Neurol Research Article BACKGROUND: The effect of hypothermia on large hemispheric infarction (LHI) remains controversial. Our study aimed to explore the therapeutic outcomes of decompressive craniectomy (DC) combined with hypothermia on LHI. METHODS: Patients were randomly divided into three groups: the DC group, the DC plus head surface cooling (DCSC) group and the DC plus endovascular hypothermia (DCEH) group. The DC group was maintained normothermia. The DCSC group received 24-h ice cap on the head for 7 days. While the DCEH group were given endovascular hypothermia (34 °C). Mortality and modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score at 6 months were evaluated. RESULTS: Thirty-four patients were included in the study. Mortality of the DC, DCSC and DCEH groups at discharge were 22.2% (2/9), 0% (0/14) and 9.1% (1/11), respectively. However, it increased to 44.4% (4/9), 21.4% (3/14) and 45.5% (5/11) at 6 months, respectively (p = 0.367). Pneumonia (8 cases) was the leading cause of death after discharge. Twelve cases (35.3%) achieved good neurological outcome (mRS 0–3) at 6 months. The proportions of good neurological outcome in the DC, DCSC and DCEH groups were 22.2% (2/9 cases), 42.9% (6/14 cases) and 36.4% (4/11), respectively. The DCSC group seemed to have higher proportion of good outcomes, but there was no significant difference between groups (p = 0.598). Among survivors, endovascular hypothermia had a higher proportion of good outcome (DC group, 2/5 cases, 40.0%; DCSC group, 6/11 cases, 54.5%; DCEH group, 4/6 cases, 66.7%; p = 0.696). The incidence of complications in the DCEH group was higher than those of the DC and DCSC groups (18.9%, 12.0%, and 12.1%, respectively; p = 0.025). CONCLUSIONS: There is still no evidence to confirm that hypothermia further reduces long-term mortality and improves neurological outcomes in LHI patients with DC. However, there is a trend to benefit survivors from hypothermia. A local cooling method may be a better option for DC patients, which has little impact on systematic complications. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Decompressive Hemicraniectomy Combined Hypothermia in Malignant Middle Cerebral Artery Infarct, ChiCTR-TRC-12002698. Registered 11 Oct 2012- Retrospectively registered, URL: http://www.chictr.org.cn/showproj.aspx?proj=6854. BioMed Central 2021-03-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7953537/ /pubmed/33711963 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-021-02142-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Fan, Linlin Su, Yingying Zhang, Yan Ye, Hong Chen, Weibi Liu, Gang Decompressive craniectomy combined with mild hypothermia in patients with large hemispheric infarction: a randomized controlled trial |
title | Decompressive craniectomy combined with mild hypothermia in patients with large hemispheric infarction: a randomized controlled trial |
title_full | Decompressive craniectomy combined with mild hypothermia in patients with large hemispheric infarction: a randomized controlled trial |
title_fullStr | Decompressive craniectomy combined with mild hypothermia in patients with large hemispheric infarction: a randomized controlled trial |
title_full_unstemmed | Decompressive craniectomy combined with mild hypothermia in patients with large hemispheric infarction: a randomized controlled trial |
title_short | Decompressive craniectomy combined with mild hypothermia in patients with large hemispheric infarction: a randomized controlled trial |
title_sort | decompressive craniectomy combined with mild hypothermia in patients with large hemispheric infarction: a randomized controlled trial |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7953537/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33711963 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-021-02142-7 |
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