Surgical clipping versus endovascular coiling for elderly patients presenting with subarachnoid hemorrhage

Conclusions
In a cohort of Medicare patients, we did not demonstrate a difference in mortality, rate of discharge to rehabilitation, and readmissions between clipping and coiling of ruptured cerebral aneurysms. Clipping was associated with a slightly longer LOS.

Source: Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery - August 11, 2016 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Bekelis, K., Gottlieb, D., Su, Y., O'Malley, A. J., Labropoulos, N., Goodney, P., MacKenzie, T. A. Tags: Hemorrhagic stroke Source Type: research