Outcomes for ICH are often dire. A clinical grading scale, the ICH score, is used to predict 30-day mortality. ... After six months, the mortality rate was 38.6%.

Mortality rates at 30 days were much lower than expected in both arms — 9.8% with medical management vs 7.2% with minimally invasive surgery, a nonsignificant difference. Benefit in Lobar ICH?