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An analysis of 251 patients who were hospitalized within 24 hours after rupture of supratentorial aneurysms and were not comatose during the very early stage was carried out. The patients were divided into three groups in relation to timing and methods of surgery. In 61 patients of Group A, the operation was planned to be delayed more than 10 days from subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). In 91 patients of Group B, clipping of aneurysms was performed within 48 hours of SAH and subarachnoid blood clots were simultaneously removed while approaching the aneurysms. In 99 patients of Group C, clipping of aneurysms was performed within 48 hours of SAH and radical and extensive removal of any subarachnoid blood clot identified on the computerized tomographic scan was tried at the same time. The outcome at 3 months after SAH was the most favourable in Group C patients and the least favourable in Group A patients.
Early operation combined with radical removal of subarachnoid clots minimizes the overall mortality and morbidity in patients with ruptured intracranial aneurysms by preventing rebleeding and probably by avoiding vasospasm.
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Taneda, M. The significance of early operation in the management of ruptured intracranial aneurysms—An analysis of 251 cases hospitalized within 24 hours after subarachnoid haemorrhage. Acta neurochir 63, 201–208 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01728873
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