Outcome following aneurysm wrapping: a 10-year follow-up review of clipped and wrapped aneurysms.
One hundred and eighty-one patients with single aneurysms involving the anterior circulation were treated either by wrapping (60 cases) or clipping (121 cases), and 96.1% of them were followed for 10 years. The rate of early rebleeding (less than 6 months) from wrapped aneurysms was 8.6% (confidence interval 1.4% to 15.8%) and the late rebleeding (6 months to 10 years) rate was 1.5% per annum (confidence interval 0.3% to 2.5%/yr). Wrapping an aneurysm offers some protection from rebleeding, particularly during the first 6 months when the risk of rebleeding is high.
Todd
N V
NV
Department of Surgical Neurology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Tocher
J L
JL
Jones
P A
PA
Miller
J D
JD
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008026:Ligation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000637:transplantation; D012008:Recurrence; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery; D013526:Surgical Mesh