Complications by aneurysm size
Complications | Small (n = 386) (N = 473) | Large (n = 339) (N = 357) | Giant (n = 62) (N = 66) | Total (n = 793)a,b (N = 906) | P Value | |||
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Anterior (n = 372) | Posterior (n = 14) | Anterior (n = 309) | Posterior (n = 30) | Anterior (n = 52) | Posterior (n = 10) | |||
Mean aneurysm size (mm) | 5.1 ± 2.2 | 6.0 ± 2.6 | 14.8 ± 4.0 | 15.0 ± 4.3 | 28.8 ± 5.3 | 29.1 ± 7.2 | 10.7 ± 7.7 | <.001 |
Spontaneous rupture | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (0.5%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (5.8%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (0.6%) | <.01 |
Intraparenchymal hemorrhage | 7 (1.9%) | 0 (0%) | 8 (2.6%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (5.8%) | 1 (10.0%) | 19 (2.4%) | .24 |
Ischemic stroke | 10 (2.7%) | 1 (7.1%) | 16 (5.2%) | 1 (3.3%) | 7 (13.5%) | 2 (20.0%) | 37 (4.7%) | <.01 |
Parent artery stenosis | 1 (0.3%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.3%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (0.3%) | 1.0 |
Cranial neuropathy | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (0.6%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (0.3%) | .41 |
Neurologic morbidity | 18 (4.8%) | 1 (7.1%) | 24 (7.8%) | 1 (3.3%) | 12 (23.1%) | 3 (30.0%) | 59 (7.4%) | <.01 |
Neurologic mortality | 6 (1.6%) | 1 (7.1%) | 15 (4.9%) | 2 (6.7%) | 3 (5.8%) | 3 (30.0%) | 30 (3.8%) | <.01 |
Neurologic morbidity and mortalitya (all patients) | 19 (5.1%) | 2 (14.3%) | 27 (8.7%) | 3 (10.0%) | 12 (23.1%) | 4 (40.0%) | 67 (8.4%) | <.01 |
Neurologic morbidity and mortality (patients with unruptured aneurysms) | 11/321 (3.4%) | 1/12 (8.3%) | 23/291 (7.9%) | 3/29 (10.3%) | 12/51 (23.5%) | 3/9 (33.3%) | 53/717 (7.4%) | <.01 |
Neurologic morbidity and mortality (patients with ruptured aneurysms) | 8/51 (15.7%) | 1/2 (50.0%) | 4/18 (22.2%) | 0/1 (0%) | 0/1 (0%) | 1/1 (100%) | 14/76 (18.4%) | .23 |
Neurologic morbidity and mortality (excluding ruptured, dissecting, or fusiform aneurysms) | 11/294 (3.7%) | 0/7 (0%) | 12/217 (5.5%) | 2/13 (15.4%) | 7/37 (18.9%) | 1/5 (20.0%) | 33/574 (5.7%) | <.01 |