Abstract
We analyze the change of neurological symptoms and cerebral blood flow (CBF) after aspiration of hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage in the chronic phase in 9 cases. In 7 cases, the paresis improved moderately 4.7 days after the operation. In 5 cases, aphasia improved markedly 4 days after the operation, and the patients became able to converse. However, CBF did not change so much even after the aspiration. The pre- and post-operative hemispheric CBF of the affected side were 38.4, 38.3 ml/100g/min in the basal ganglia level and 38.5, 34.2 ml/100g/min in the lateral ventricular level. Those of the non-affected side were 48.9, 50.1 ml/100g/min in the basal ganglia level and 47.8, 45.1 ml/100g/min in the lateral ventricular level. This gap between the change of neurological symptom and that of CBF wassignificant.
