Population
Patients with lobar intracerebral haemorrhage (7 studies, n= 1,102).
Intervention
Surgical treatment, including: endoscopic surgery, open craniotomy, stereotactic aspiration, and endoscopic surgery plus stereotactic aspiration, (n= 552).
Comparison
Conservative management, including non-surgical or pharmacological (n= 550).
Outcome
The overall results showed a non-significant trend toward better prognosis in the surgical group (OR 0.80). No significant difference was observed for death at the end of the follow up between surgical and conservative medical management groups.