Open AccessA Case of Acute Vertigo with Incidental Aneurysms
Author(s) -
H. Hunt Batjer,
Philip E. Stieg,
Richard B. Schwartz
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1227/00006123-199504000-00025
Subject(s) - medicine , natural history , vertigo , outcome (game theory) , surgery , intensive care medicine , general surgery , mathematics , mathematical economics
It is essential to decrease the risk to the patient to an absolute minimum when prophylactic procedures are offered against a relatively unpredictable (for the individual patient) natural history risk. Very careful preoperative planning and intraoperative execution are mandatory to maximize the chances of the patient for a successful outcome.