title: Psychiatric symptoms in ruptured anterior communicating aneurysms: social prognosis.
abstract: Pre- and postoperative psychiatric symptoms were compared in 85 patients with anterior communicating aneurysms and 73 of these cases were followed up to determine the long-term results. Psychiatric symptoms of varying severity were present preoperatively in 61 % of the cases, which decreased to 34 % after surgery. Use of the microsurgery microscope resulted in a no change: aggravation:mortality ratio of 27:5:0, as compared with 33:20:4 when the microscope was not used.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000523:psychology; D011379:Prognosis; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012917:Social Adjustment