Surgery for cerebral haemorrhage--STICH II trial - Authors' reply

Abstract

STICH II compared early surgery with initial conservative treatment for spontaneous lobar intracerebral haemorrhage presenting with a Glasgow coma score between 8 and 15. [...]the mean time from ictus to surgery in the surgical group of STICH II was 26·7 h. Only 6% of patients had surgery within 8 h of ictus; whereas mean time to surgery was 64·2 h in those in the initial conservative group who underwent surgery after deterioration.