Abstract
This study investigated the outcome of clipping surgery for ruptured aneurysms in patients older than 80years of age. From 1988 to 2011 data were retrospectively reviewed, and 196 patients treated with clipping obliteration for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage were identified. Patients were divided into two age groups of 80–84 and ⩾85years old. The Glasgow Outcome Scale score was assessed at discharge and classified as favorable (good recovery or moderate recovery) or unfavorable (severe disability, vegetative state, or dead). Radiological and clinical characteristics were compared between the two groups. A favorable outcome was achieved in 106 (54.1%) of the 196 patients. Preoperative grade and Fisher grade were significantly associated with unfavorable outcome, but age was not. Based on logistic regression analysis, poor preoperative grade and ruptured anterior cerebral artery aneurysm were the predictors of unfavorable outcome, but advanced age (⩾85years old) was not. Advanced age itself did not affect the outcome of the elderly patients who underwent clipping surgery for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
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