Aneurysm surgery in a community setting.
A 15-year surgical experience of 34 aneurysms in private practice is reported. There was 1 death secondary to postoperative arterial spasm, and 3 patients sustained neurological injury. The remaining patients were normal or neurologically stable or improved. Although intracranial aneurysm surgery in a community setting differs from such surgery in a university setting, it seems that similar results can be obtained despite the more limited number of cases encountered.
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Division of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, California.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003151:Community Health Centers; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009420:Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous