[Stereotaxic removal of intracranial hematomas]

The high lethality and frequent postoperative complications in surgical treatment of intracerebral hemorrhages stimulate the search for new methods of their management. The introduction of computer tomography into clinical practice provided the grounds for elaborating a stereotaxic method for sparing removal of intracerebral hematomas. Experience in the clinical use of the method (54 operations on 51 patients) allows its results to be considered encouraging. Lethal outcomes amounted to 24%, while the possibilities of functional restoration were higher than in the other types of surgical and nonoperative treatment.