• Stroke · Oct 2009

    Clinical Trial

    Intraventricular fibrinolysis and lumbar drainage for ventricular hemorrhage.

    • Dimitre Staykov, Hagen B Huttner, Tobias Struffert, Oliver Ganslandt, Arnd Doerfler, Stefan Schwab, and Juergen Bardutzky.
    • Department of Neurology, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. dimitre.staykov@uk-erlangen.de
    • Stroke. 2009 Oct 1;40(10):3275-80.

    Background And PurposeBoth intraventricular fibrinolysis (IVF) and lumbar drainage (LD) may reduce the need for exchange of external ventricular drainage (EVD) and shunt surgery in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage and severe intraventricular hemorrhage. We investigated the feasibility and safety of IVF followed by early LD for the treatment of posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus.MethodsThis prospective study included patients with spontaneous ganglionic intracerebral hemorrhage and severe intraventricular hemorrhage with acute obstructive posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus who received an EVD (n=32). The treatment algorithm started with IVF (4 mg recombinant tissue plasminogen activator every 12 hours) until clearance of the third and fourth ventricles from blood. Thereupon, EVD was clamped and if clamping was unsuccessful, communicating posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus was assumed and LD placed. EVD was removed if there was neither an increase of intracranial pressure nor ventricle enlargement on CT. A ventriculoperitoneal shunt was indicated if "LD weaning" was unsuccessful for >10 days. Outcome was assessed at 90 and 180 days using the modified Rankin Scale.ResultsIVF resulted in fast clearance of the third and fourth ventricles (73+/-50 hours). However, early EVD removal was only possible in 4 patients. The remaining 28 patients developed communicating posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus. In all of these patients, early LD was capable to replace EVD. EVD exchange was not necessary and EVD duration was 105+/-59 hours. Only one patient required a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. At 180 days, 20 (62.5%) patients had a good (modified Rankin Scale 0 to 3) outcome and 5 (15.6%) patients had died. One patient had asymptomatic ventricular rebleeding.ConclusionsIn patients with secondary intraventricular hemorrhage and posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus, the combined treatment approach of IVF and early LD is safe and feasible, avoids EVD exchange, and may markedly reduce the need for shunt surgery.

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