Chronic Subdural Hematoma Drainage Outcomes from a Network Meta-Analysis

A systematic review and network meta-analysis of 14 articles comprising 4,161 patients, conducted by Ningyu Wei and registered in PROSPERO. It compares the impact of subdural, subperiosteal, and subgaleal drain placement on recurrence rates and mortality for chronic subdural hematoma. The analysis was performed using R (v4.4.0) and Stata18, with data sourced from PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science up to February 14, 2026.

Use Cases

• Comparing the efficacy of different surgical drain placements based on recurrence rate metrics
• Ranking treatment interventions using SUCRA scores derived from the network meta-analysis
• Informing clinical trial design by identifying promising drainage techniques like subgaleal active drainage
• Assessing mortality outcomes associated with specific drainage locations and techniques

Strengths

• Includes data from 4,161 patients across 14 studies, providing a substantial sample size for meta-analysis
• Uses a registered, systematic review methodology (PROSPERO ID: CRD42024587692) with defined search strategies
• Employs network meta-analysis to compare multiple interventions (SDD, SPD, SGD) directly and indirectly

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• The dataset is a 16.8 KB DOCX file, indicating limited raw data scope, likely containing summary tables

Provenance

Source

Systematic review aggregating data from PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science.

Collection Method

Network meta-analysis of published clinical studies.

Time Range

Literature search up to February 14, 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 04:19:22; freshness should be verified