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. 2017 Sep 11;17:99. doi: 10.1186/s12893-017-0295-x

Table 1.

Characteristics of patients who underwent burr hole drainage for chronic subdural hematoma

BHDI group(n = 88) BHD group(n = 63) Total (n = 151) Test value P
Age(years) 65.5 ± 7.8 64.5 ± 5.6 65.1 ± 7.0 t = 0.843 0.401
Gender χ2 = 0.652 0.419
 Male (%) 53(60.2) 42(66.7) 95(62.9)
 Female (%) 35(39.8) 21(33.3) 56(37.1)
Affected side χ2 = 1.125 0.289
 Left (%) 44(50.0) 37(58.7) 81(53.6)
 Right (%) 44(50.0) 13(41.3) 70(46.4)
Concomitant diseases
 Hypertension (%) 18(20.5) 13(20.6) 31(20.5) χ2 = 0.001 0.978
 Organic heart disease (%) 13(14.8) 12(19.0) 25(16.6) χ2 = 0.486 0.486
 Diabetes (%) 11(12.5) 10(15.9) 21(13.9) χ2 = 0.349 0.555
Preoperative hematoma volumes (ml) 51.42 ± 9.91 52.23 ± 10.21 51.76 ± 10.00 t = 0.494 0.622

BHDI burr hole drainage with irrigation, BHD burr hole drainage without irrigation