The selection criteria for surgery were as follows: hematoma volume >5 ml and GCS <8. All patients included in the study, who meet the selection criteria mentioned earlier and have no contraindications of surgery such as severe disorders of blood coagulation, were offered the option of surgery. Their relatives either agreed to surgical intervention or refused. Patients whose families consented to the surgery were allocated to the surgery group, and those patients whose families refused the surgery were put into the conservative treatment group.
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