The neurosurgical treatment of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage simulating the common stroke.

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Article1 October 1952THE NEUROSURGICAL TREATMENT OF SPONTANEOUS INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE SIMULATING THE COMMON STROKEMICHAEL SCOTT, M.D.MICHAEL SCOTT, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-37-4-751 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe appalling mortality from massive hemorrhage into the cerebrum is common knowledge. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in 1946 listed this condition as fourth in the cause of death.1This fact has encouraged neurosurgeons to attempt removal of the clot and control of hemorrhage in selected cases. The results in small series as reported by various neurosurgeons have been encouraging.2-17 This has stimulated the author to operate on a group of carefully selected cases, and then gradually to extend the procedure in some instances to those with grave prognosis with the hope that life might be saved.The first step...Bibliography1. Bulletin, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, April 29, 1948. Google Scholar2. Cushing H: Blood pressure reaction of acute cerebral compression, Am. J. M. Sc. 125: 1017, 1903. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. RussellSargent HEP: Apoplectiform cerebral hemorrhage: operation: evacuation of blood: slow improvement, Proc. Roy. Soc. Med. (Sect. Neurol.) 2: 44, 1909. Google Scholar4. Bagley C: Spontaneous cerebral hematomas: discussion of four types with surgical consideration, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat. 27: 1133 (May) 1932. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. Penfield W: The operative treatment of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage, Canad. M. A. J. 28: 369, 1933. MedlineGoogle Scholar6. CraigAdson WMAW: Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage: etiology and surgical treatment, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat. 35: 701 (April) 1936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. FurlowCarrWattenberg LTADC: Spontaneous cerebral hemorrhage: the surgical treatment of selected cases, Surgery 9: 758, 1941. Google Scholar8. Pilcher C: Subcortical hematoma, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat. 46: 416 (Sept.) 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. Hamby WR: Gross intracerebral hematomas, New York State J. Med. 45: 866, 1945. Google Scholar10. RowbothamOgilvie GEAG: Chronic intracerebral haematomata: their pathology, diagnosis and treatment, British M. J. 1: 146, 1945. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. Scott M: Surgical treatment of spontaneous non-traumatic hematomas, J. A. M. A. 130: 845, 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. GrossWechsler SWIS: Arteriography in cerebral vascular accidents, J. A. M. A. 39: 502, 1949. Google Scholar13. Sirois J: Surgical treatment of cerebral hemorrhage, Laval méd. 15: 457-466 (April) 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar14. GrantAustin FCGM: The surgical treatment of spontaneous and traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage, Am. J. M. Sc. 219: 237, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar15. Ferey D: The surgical therapy of spontaneous cerebral hemorrhage, Concours Med. 72: 1235-1236 (April) 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar16. LusignanCross FWGO: Intracranial angiography in treatment of cerebrovascular accidents, California Med. 73: 240, 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar17. GurdjianWebster ESJE: Cerebrovascular accidents, Arch. Surg. 62: 724, 1951. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. Zimmerman HJ: Cerebral apoplexy, New York State J. Med. 49: 2153, 1949. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Presented at the Thirty-third Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Cleveland, Ohio, April 25, 1952. (Presented in part before the Section on Neurology, American Medical Association Convention, June, 1951.)From the Department of Neurosurgery, Temple University Hospital and Medical School, and the Jewish Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byBibliographyDiagnosis and Treatment of Facial Pain 1 October 1952Volume 37, Issue 4Page: 751-754KeywordsHemorrhageHemorrhagic strokeMortalityNeurologyNeurosurgeryStroke ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1952 PDF downloadLoading ...