title: Results of early aneurysm surgery in poor-grade patients.
abstract: A series of 76 poor-grade (Hunt and Hess IV and V) patients after aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage and early operation, was investigated in terms of post-operative outcome. The overall outcome was favourable in 41 (54%) patients and unfavourable in 35 (46%) patients. The mortality rate of 28% in all poor-grade patients after early surgery was acceptable, compared to mortality rates ranging from approximately 95% to 100% in regimes with nonsurgical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Technical University Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Spetzger
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gilsbach
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome