Table 1:

Patient demographics and aneurysm information

No.
Patients147
Aneurysms161
Females110 (74.8%)
Mean age (yr)54.0
Age range (yr)27–81
Presentation/indications for treatment
    SAH18 (11%)
    Headache/incidental80 (55%)
    Recurrence after coiling27 (18%)
    Stroke/transient ischemic attack13 (9%)
    Mass effect7 (5%)
    Recurrence after clipping/failed clipping2 (1%)
Aneurysm dimensions
    Mean aneurysm dome size (SEM)6.5 (0.4) mm
    Mean aneurysm neck size (SEM)5.1 (0.3) mm
    Dome/neck ratio (SEM)1.3 (0.04)
Aneurysm Location
    ACA4 (2.5%)
    AcomA15 (9.5%)
    BA15 (9.5%)
    Cavernous ICA14 (9%)
    Paraclinoid ICA18 (11%)
    Extracranial ICA3 (2%)
    ICA terminus6 (4%)
    MCA18 (11%)
    Ophthalmic/paraophthalmic23 (14%)
    PcomA23 (14%)
    PICA2 (1%)
    SCA2 (1%)
    Superior hypophyseal12 (7.5%)
    VA6 (4%)
Morphology
    Wide-neck saccular95 (60%)
    Fusiform/dissecting24 (15%)
    Blister8 (5%)
    Recurrence (clipping or coiling)34 (20%)
  • Note:—SEM indicates standard error of the mean; ACA, anterior cerebral artery; AcomA, anterior communicating artery; BA, basilar tip; PcomA, posterior communicating artery; SCA, superior cerebellar artery; VA vertebral artery.