• Laurence Johann Glancz, Poon Michael Tin Chung MTC Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom., Ian Craig Coulter, Peter John Hutchinson, Angelos Georgiou Kolias, Paul Martin Brennan, and British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (BNTRC).
• Department of Neurosurgery, Queen's Medical Centre, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK.
• Neurosurgery. 2019 Oct 1; 85 (4): 486-493.

BackgroundDrain insertion following chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) evacuation improves patient outcomes.ObjectiveTo examine whether this is influenced by variation in drain location, positioning or duration of placement.MethodsWe performed a subgroup analysis of a previously reported multicenter, prospective cohort study of CSDH patients performed between May 2013 and January 2014. Data were analyzed relating drain location (subdural or subgaleal), position (through a frontal or parietal burr hole), and duration of insertion, to outcomes in patients aged >16 yr undergoing burr-hole drainage of primary CSDH. Primary outcomes comprised modified Rankin scale (mRS) at discharge and symptomatic recurrence requiring redrainage within 60 d.ResultsA total of 577 patients were analyzed. The recurrence rate of 6.7% (12/160) in the frontal subdural drain group was comparable to 8.8% (30/343) in the parietal subdural drain group. Only 44/577 (7.6%) patients underwent subgaleal drain insertion. Recurrence rates were comparable between subdural (7.7%; 41/533) and subgaleal (9.1%; 4/44) groups (P = .95). We found no significant differences in discharge mRS between these groups. Recurrence rates were comparable between patients with postoperative drainage for 1 or 2 d, 6.4% and 8.4%, respectively (P = .44). There was no significant difference in mRS scores between these 2 groups (P = .56).ConclusionDrain insertion after CSDH drainage is important, but position (subgaleal or subdural) and duration did not appear to influence recurrence rate or clinical outcomes. Similarly, drain location did not influence recurrence rate nor outcomes where both parietal and frontal burr holes were made. Further prospective cohort studies or randomized controlled trials could provide further clarification.© The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

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