Aneurysm surgery in patients over the age of 80 years.
Three cases of cerebral aneurysm in patients over the age of 80 years are reported. Clipping of the aneurysms was successfully performed in all cases, and the patients have continued to lead normal lives thereafter. Aneurysmal surgery should not be withheld merely because patients are elderly.
Takeuchi
J
J
Department of Neurosurgery, Utano National Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt