Ruptured PICA aneurysms: presentation and treatment outcomes compared to other posterior circulation aneurysms. A Swiss SOS study.

Daniele StarnoniRodolfo MaduriKhalid Al TahaDavid BerviniDaniel Walter ZumofenMartin Nikolaus StienenBawarjan SchatloChristian FungThomas RobertMartin A SeuleJan-Karl BurkhardtNicolai MaldanerMichel RothlisbergerKristine A BlackhamSerge MarbacherDonato D'AlonzoLuca RemondaPaolo MachiJan GrallaPhilippe BijlengaGuillaume SaliouPierluigi BallabeniMarc LevivierMahmoud Messerernull nullRoy Thomas Daniel

Published in: Acta neurochirurgica (2019)

In the present study, patients with ruptured PICA aneurysms had a favorable neurological outcome in more than two thirds of cases, similar to patients with other ruptured PC aneurysms. Surgical treatment remains a valid option in a third of cases with ruptured PICA aneurysms.

Keyphrases

subarachnoid hemorrhage
abdominal aortic aneurysm
endovascular treatment
brain injury
case report
blood brain barrier
cerebral ischemia