• Ji Hoon Bang, Min Kyun Na, Choong Hyun Kim, Jae Min Kim, Jin Hwan Cheong, Je Il Ryu, and Myung-Hoon Han.
• Department of Neurosurgery, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Guri, Gyonggi-do, Korea.
• World Neurosurg. 2017 Dec 1; 108: 859-868.e4.

ObjectiveAlthough many studies have evaluated risk factors associated with hydrocephalus after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, specific ventricle volume changes after subarachnoid hemorrhage have not been evaluated. We sought to evaluate factors predicting ventricle volume enlargement in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage by measuring ventricle volume with a validated, semiautomated tool.MethodsUni- and multivariable linear regression analyses were conducted with the follow-up ventricle volume as the dependent variable and the duration between subarachnoid hemorrhage occurrence and follow-up imaging as the independent variable, classified by the use of various predictive factors. A logistic regression model was used to calculate the odds ratio for the greater ventricle volume group compared with the lower ventricle volume group based on predictive factors.ResultsWe included 173 participants with a mean age of 55.5 years. Overall, an approximate increase in ventricle volume of 1.1 mL was observed daily within 60 days of clipping due to subarachnoid hemorrhage. In the multivariate logistic regression analysis, patients in the first and second tertile groups for body mass index showed approximately a 5.9- and 4.1-fold increased risk of greater follow-up ventricle volume, respectively, compared with the third tertile group for body mass index within 60 days of subarachnoid hemorrhage.ConclusionsWe found that greater body mass index independently predicted suppression of ventricle volume growth, owing to maintenance of subarachnoid trabeculae structures after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Further studies are needed to confirm our findings.Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

31 keywords...

hide…