Variation in medical management and neurosurgical treatment of patients with supratentorial spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage.

Introduction: The role of surgery in spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage (sICH) remains controversial. This leads to variation in the percentage of patients who are treated with surgery between countries.

Patients And Methods: We sent an online survey to all neurosurgeons (n = 140) and to a sample of neurologists (n = 378) in Dutch hospitals, with questions on management in supratentorial sICH in general, and on treatment in six patients, to explore current variation in medical and neurosurgical management.