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Table 2 General information about the subject

From: Factors influencing procalcitonin in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients after neurosurgery and its diagnostic value for intracranial infection

Type of disease

Number of cases

Surgical method

Intracranial infections

Increased cerebrospinal fluid PCT

Parenchymal hemorrhage

54

Craniotomy hematoma removal

28 (52%)

46 (85%)

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

24

Craniotomy aneurysm clipping/interventional embolization

12 (50%)

22 (92%)

Cerebral infarction

22

Decompressive craniectomy

10 (45%)

20 (91%)

Trauma

21

Brain debridement /Subdural (epidural) hematoma removal

9 (43%)

16 (76%)

Ventricular hemorrhage

18

Extra ventficular drainage

10 (56%)

17 (94%)

Hydrocephalus

15

Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

2 (13%)

8 (47%)

Skull loss

10

Cranioplasty

1 (10)

7 (70)

Cerebrospinal fluid Leakage

8

Surgical repair of cerebrospinal fluid leakage

1 (13%)

3 (38%)

Brain metastatic tumor

4

Craniotomy tumor resection

1 (25%)

4 (100%)

Pituitary tumors

3

Pituitary tumor resection

1 (33%)

2 (67%)

Meningiomas

3

Meningeal tumor resection

1 (33%)

3 (100%)

Brain arteriovenous malformations

1

Cerebrovascular bypass surgery

0 (0)

0 (0)