Recurrent aneurysmal hemorrhage is closely linked with percent of aneurysm occlusion
Neeraj Badjatia
Correspondence Neurological Institute of New York, 710 West 168th Street, Box 29, New York, NY 10032, USA
Email nbadjatia@neuro.columbia.edu
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Although evidence suggests that 1-year outcomes in patients with a ruptured aneurysm may be better after endovascular coiling than after surgical clipping,1 the long-term efficacy of coiling versus clipping remains uncertain. Recent prospective cohort studies have found reassuringly low rates of rehemorrhage with both surgical and endovascular techniques.2 Despite such low rates, the consequences of rehemorrhage can be devastating—mortality is greater than 50%. Focus has, therefore, turned towards better understanding the factors that may predispose to rehemorrhage and identifying the best methods for surveillance.
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