title: [Is it necessary to operate on asymptomatic aneurysms? Apropos of 114 surgically treated asymptomatic aneurysms].
abstract: A six years retrospective analysis of asymptomatic aneurysms (A.A.) was done in 4 neurosurgical departments: 114 AA were clipped in 99 patients. In 44 patients (48 asymptomatic aneurysms) the surgical procedure was achieved in one step for both symptomatic and asymptomatic aneurysms. In 59 patients (66 asymptomatic aneurysms) the surgical procedure was delayed as it necessitated a second and elective craniotomy. As regard the treatment of asymptomatic aneurysms, there was no morbidity, and one death due to a massive pulmonary embolism. These surgical results are undoubtebly better than the risk of hemorrhage from unruptured aneurysm as emphasized in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurochirurgie A, Hôpital Charles-Nicole, Rouen.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Freger
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: De Sousa
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sevrain
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Creissard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tadie
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Toumi
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Houtteville
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Plas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baumgartner
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Bernard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012306:Risk; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Faut-il opérer les anévrysmes asymptomatiques? A propos de 114 anévrysmes asymptomatiques opérés.