Affiliation:
1. Neurosurgical Service, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Brain Aneurysm Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Abstract
OBJECTIVE
Chronic subdural hematomas (cSDHs) are particularly common in older adults who have increased risk of falls and the conditions that require anticoagulants (ACs). In such cases, clinicians are often left with the dilemma of co-managing the cSDH and the ongoing need for ACs.
METHODS
Patients who underwent surgical management for cSDH at the authors’ institution between January 2006 and June 2022 were identified. Propensity score–matched analysis was used to obtain a balance in patients who were on ACs before the procedure versus those who were not, and in patients who were on ACs postprocedure versus those who were not. Length of hospitalization, periprocedural complications, reintervention rate during the same admission, rebleeding risk, and reintervention rates after discharge were compared.
RESULTS
In total, 104 patients were on long-term ACs before the procedure, whereas 372 were not. After matching, 55 pairs were included in the analysis. Postprocedure, 74 patients were started on long-term ACs; the rest were not. A total of 49 patients in each group were then included in the analysis after matching. Comparing the preprocedure AC group with the non-AC group, no significant differences were found in length of hospitalization (8.5 ± 6.7 days vs 8.1 ± 7.7 days, p = 0.75), periprocedural complications (7.3% vs 7.3%, p > 0.99), or reintervention during the same admission (1.8% vs 5.5%, p = 0.31). In the comparison of postprocedure AC and non-AC groups, no significant differences were seen in recurrence rate (8.2% vs 14.3%, p = 0.52), reintervention rate after discharge (4.1% vs 14.3%, p = 0.16), or disability (i.e., mRS ≤ 2; 83.7% vs 89.8%, p = 0.55).
CONCLUSIONS
Being treated with long-term ACs before cSDH procedures does not affect length of hospitalization, periprocedural complications, or reintervention during the same admission. Similarly, administration of long-term ACs after a procedure for cSDH does not increase rebleeding risk or reintervention rate. Patients who are on long-term ACs can have similar interventions to those who are not on ACs. In addition, it is safe to restart patients on AC agents in a 7- to 14-day window after admission for cSDH with or without acute/subacute components.
Publisher
Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)
Subject
Genetics,Animal Science and Zoology
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