Abstract： Objective To study the different effects of hypertensive putamen hemorrhage with two different treatments of decompressive craniotomy and small bone window(keyhole) surgery. Methods Retrospective analysis of 120 cases of hypertensive putamen hemorrhage in patients with operation data was carried out. They were randomly divided into two groups according to the different surgical procedure, and then compared the incidence of postoperative complications, close and long-term effects and so on. Results There was no significant difference in early complication rate and postoperative GOS score after a week between two groups(P＞0.05). The difference was significant between two groups in close and long-term effects (P ＜ 0.05 ). Conclusion Small bone window (keyhole)surgery had characteristics such as surgical time-saving ,less damage and more rapid recovery with removal of hematoma, and made played a significant role in promoting the recovery of close and long-term effects with patients.