| Clinical Study of Surgically Treated Cerebral Aneurysms. |
| Hong Soo Kim, Yeong Hwan Ahn, Eon Sub Park, Jin Ho Mok, Kwan Park, Young Baek Kim, Byung Kook Min, Sung Nam Hwang, Jong Sik Suk, Duck Young Choi |
1Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
2Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea. |
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| ABSTRACT |
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The author reviewed 294 cases of surgically treated cerebral aneurysms during the period from January, 1987 to December, 1992. The results were as follow: The sex ratio between male and female was 1:1.53 and the mean age was 51.3 years. 2) At admission, 220 patients were in relatively good neurologic condition and functional recovery was obtained in 229 patients(78%). 3) The most common site was anterior communicating artery and the number of posterior circulation aneurysms was 12(4%). 4) The incidence of multiple aneurysms was 4% and clinical vasospasm was observed in 19% of the patients. 5) Operative mortality was 8.8% and the prognostic factors were related with age, sex, history of hypertension, amount of SAH, size and site of aneurysm, preoperative neurologic state, clinical vasospasm, and timing of operation. |
| Key Words:
Cerebral aneurysm; Prognostic factors |
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