Table 4.

Outcomes and complications of surviving patients.

	Surviving patients (n = 57)	Conservative group (n = 15)	Surgical group (n = 42)	p
NIHSS at 6 months	28 (24–33)	32 (28–34)	26 (19–32)	0.032
GCS at 6 months	9 (6–14)	7 (5–11)	12 (7–15)	0.043
mRS at 6 months				0.022
5	29 (50.9%)	11 (73.3%)	18 (42.9%)
4	18 (31.6%)	4 (26.7%)	14 (33.3%)
3	4 (7.0%)	0	4 (9.5%)
2	5 (8.8%)	0	5 (11.9%)
1	1 (1.8%)	0	1 (2.4%)
Complications
Central hyperthermia	20 (35.1%)	3 (20.0%)	17 (40.5%)	0.154
Stress ulcers	19 (33.3%)	2 (13.3%)	17 (40.5%)	0.056

GCS, Glasgow Score Scale; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; mRS, modified Rankin scale.