title: [Analysis of Rupture during Follow-up of Unruptured Aneurysm].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To elucidate clinical aspects of ruptured aneurysms, we retrospectively investigated associations between risk factors and ruptured and unruptured cases during conservative management.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred and twenty-nine patients with 291 unruptured cerebral aneurysms treated between 2000 and 2012 were analyzed. Mean duration of observation was 62 months (1183.4 person-years). We investigated the following six risk factors: history of subarachnoid hemorrhage;multiplicity;location of aneurysms;aneurysm size ≤5mm;bleb or irregular forms;and follow-up period <1 year.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-two aneurysms in 22 patients (19 women;86.4%) ruptured during this study. The annual rate of rupture was 1.86%. In ruptured cases, mean age was 66.7 years. According to univariate analysis, aneurysm size≥5mm(p</i>=0.000), bleb or irregular form(p</i>=0.006)and duration of observation<1 year (p =0.000) were significantly associated with aneurysmal rupture. In multivariate analysis of these factors, aneurysm size≥5mm(p =0.0188;odds ratio(OR), 3.4;95% confidence interval (CI), 1.2-9.7) and duration of observation<1 year (p=0.006;OR, 5.0;95% CI, 1.6-14.9) represented independent risk factors for aneurysm rupture.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of this study were almost the same as those of the UCAS Japan study. In addition, duration of observation <1 year was a risk factor for aneurysm rupture. When we decide on surgical treatment after considering factors such as aneurysm size, form, and surgical risk, surgery should be performed as soon as possible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Aomori Prefectural Central Hospital.
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: Mizuho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: Kuniyasu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Niizuma
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kon
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Michiharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishijima
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors