Open AccessSmall aneurysms should be clipped?
Author(s) -
Gustavo Noleto,
Nícollas Nunes Rabelo,
Leonardo Bilich Abaurre,
Hugo Sterman Neto,
Mário G. Siqueira,
Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira,
Eberval Gadelha Figueiredo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1793-5482
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_161_18
Subject(s) - medicine , bleed , aneurysm , neurosurgery , modified rankin scale , mortality rate , surgery , anterior communicating artery , ischemic stroke , ischemia
Cerebral aneurysm prevalence may vary from 0.4% to 10%. The decision to treat or not incidental aneurysms remains controversial, especially when the lesions are small (<5 mm). Many recent publications are demonstrating that these lesions often bleed.