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Psychiatric symptoms in ruptured anterior communicating aneurysms: social prognosis
Author(s) -
Okawa M.,
Maeda S.,
Nukui H.,
Kawafuchi J.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1980.tb00583.x
Subject(s) - medicine , psychiatry , psychology
Pre‐ and postoperative psychiatric symptoms were compared in 85 patients with anterior communicating aneurysms and 73 of these cases were followed up to determine the long‐term results. Psychiatric symptoms of varying severity were present preoperatively in 61 % of the cases, which decreased to 34 % after surgery. Use of the microsurgery microscope resulted in a no change: aggravation:mortality ratio of 27:5:0, as compared with 33:204 when the microscope was not used.