Table 4 Treatment modalities, evolution, type, timing of surgery, complications, and baseline quality of life

n (%)

132 (40.7)

192 (59.3)

324 (100.0)

Evolution of the EIH, n (%)Evolution of the EIH, n (%)

  < 24hs Urgent

23 (17.4)

33 (17.2)

56 (17.3)

  >24hs< 72hs Late

54 (40.9)

74 (38.5)

128 (39.5)

  >72hs Delay

55 (41.7)

85 (44.3)

140 (43.2)

0.889

Timing of decompression, n (%)

  Late

48 (39.0)

64 (35.2)

112 (36.7)

  Early

25 (20.3)

27 (14.8)

52 (17.0)

  Delay

50 (40.7)

91 (50.0)

141 (46.2)

0.225

Type of surgery, n (%)

  Evacuation only

19 (15.6)

71 (39.4)

90 (29.8)

  Decompression only

2 (1.6)

1 (0.6)

3 (1.0)

  Both craniotomy

96 (78.7)

93 (51.7)

189 (62.6)

  Both craniectomy

5 (4.1)

15 (8.3)

20 (6.6)

< 0.001

Intraoperative complications, n (%)

  No

53 (40.2)

83 (43.2)

136 (42.0)

  Yes

79 (59.8)

109 (56.8)

188 (58.0)

0.581

Baseline quality of life

QOL Overall score total 1 day, mean (sd)

50.0 (15.3)

49.0 (16.8)

49.4 (16.2)

0.596

QOL Overall score total 30 days, median (iqr)

61.6 (19.6)

62.2 (17.2)

61.9 (18.2)

0.771

QOL Overall score total 90 days, median (iqr)

79.4 (9.5)

76.3 (10.4)

77.5 (10.1)

0.011

QOL Overall score total 180 days, median (iqr)

88.0 (8.6)

85.0 (9.5)

86.0 (9.3)

0.01