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Table 3 Emergency neurosurgical procedures: number of patients, age, male proportion and incidence

From: Incidence of emergency neurosurgical TBI procedures: a population-based study

 

Total,

N (%)

Age,

mean (SD)

Male,

N (%)

Incidence per 100,000, person-years

Crude incidencea

Age adjusted, Europeb

Age adjusted, Worldc

Any procedure

569 (100)

49 (22)

425 (75)

3.87

4.00

3.33

ICP monitor

476 (84)

47 (21)

356 (75)

3.24

3.32

2.84

Evacuation of mass lesion

284 (50)

52 (21)

215 (75)

1.93

2.03

1.55

 ASDH

184 (32)

59 (18)

133 (72)

1.25

1.35

0.88

 EDH

80 (14)

35 (19)

67 (83)

0.54

0.53

0.58

 Intracerebral contusion

57 (10)

56 (18)

42 (74)

0.39

0.41

0.28

EVD

119 (21)

46 (20)

84 (71)

0.81

0.82

0.72

DC

44 (8)

40 (18)

35 (80)

0.30

0.30

0.29

  1. ASDH acute subdural hematoma, EDH epidural hematoma, EVD external ventricular drain, DC decompressive craniectomy
  2. Redo surgeries are not included
  3. aPopulation of South-East Norway in person years (2015–2019): 14,740,114
  4. bEuropean standard population 2013, EU-27 + EFTA
  5. cWHO World standard population: WHO 2000–2025