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Introduction Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) may be associated with sudden cardiac arrest (CA). Since there are many data on the positive impact of lay resuscitation on patient survival, but data are rare for SAH patients, our study aimed to investigate this aspect. Methods In this multi-center retrospective analysis, we reviewed the local SAH databases for OHCA and CPR from 01/2011 to 12/2020. Data on CPR were extracted from the ambulance and emergency room (ER) reports. Information on clinical management after hospital admission were gathered from the institutional health records. Collected data were correlated with patient survival as defined outcome parameter. Results We screened 1120 patients with SAH and identified 38 patients with SAH, OHCA and CPR (3.4%). Our cohort showed a high proportion of posterior circulation aneurysms (n = 17, 44.7%). Lay CPR was performed in 20 patients. Time to CPR was significantly shorter for lay CPR (p

While many centers nowadays offer minimally invasive techniques for the treatment of single suture synostosis, surgical techniques and patient management vary significantly. We provide an overview of how scaphocephaly treated with endoscopic techniques is managed in the reported series and analyze the crucial steps that need to be dealt with during the management process. We performed a review of the published literature including all articles that examined sagittal-suture synostosis treated with endoscopic techniques as part of single- or multicenter studies. Fourteen studies reporting results of 885 patients were included. We identified 5 key steps in the management of patients. A total of 188 patients were female and 537 male (sex was only specified in 10 articles, for 725 included patients, respectively). Median age at surgery was between 2.6 and 3.9 months with a total range from 1.5 to 7.0 months. Preoperative diagnostics included clinical and ophthalmologic examinations as well as neuropsychological and genetic consultations if needed. In 5 publications, a CT scan was routinely performed. Several groups used anthropometric measurements, mostly the cephalic index. All groups analyzed equally recommended to perform endoscopically assisted craniosynostosis surgery with postoperative helmet therapy in children < 3 months of age, at least for non-syndromic cases. There exist significant variations in surgical techniques and patient management for children treated endoscopically for single suture sagittal synostosis. This heterogeneity constitutes a major problem in terms of comparability between different strategies.