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Risk of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage After Surgical Treatment of Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysms
From the Department of Neurosurgery, Aizu Chuou Hospital (K.T., S.K.), Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima; the Department of Neurosurgery, Toranomon Hospital (M.U.), Tokyo; and the Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tokyo Hospital (K.T., K.U., T.K.), Tokyo, Japan.
Correspondence to Takaaki Kirino, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan. E-mail tkirino-tky{at}umin.ac.jp
Background and Purpose—Recent progress in noninvasive imaging techniques has resulted in increased detection of unruptured aneurysms. Although many neurosurgeons advocate surgical intervention for such unruptured aneurysms, the long-term results of surgery for unruptured aneurysms have not been carefully investigated.
Methods—We analyzed 173 consecutive patients who had unruptured intracranial saccular aneurysm(s) detected by angiography that was performed for reasons other than subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Of those, 115 cases were surgically treated and studied. All patients were followed up for either SAH, repeat treatment of aneurysms, or death. The median follow-up period was 8.8 years.
Results—Four of the 115 patients suffered SAH either from a de novo aneurysm (2) or from regrowth of clipped aneurysm (1), or from regrowth after wrapping (1). Additionally, 1 patient also suffered SAH from an unstudied basilar aneurysm. One patient was incidentally found to have de novo aneurysm and underwent reoperation 14 years after the first operation. The cumulative risk for SAH for the 114 cases excluding the basilar aneurysm case was 1.4% in 10 years and 12.4% in 20 years.
Conclusions—Although this study confirmed the long-term efficacy of clipping unruptured aneurysms, the risk of SAH was high compared with that in the general population, even after treatment. Considering the high mortality rate of SAH, long-term follow-up by angiography may be warranted for patients with surgically treated unruptured aneurysms.
Key Words: cerebral aneurysm • cerebral angiography • subarachnoid hemorrhage
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