Is intensive care monitoring necessary after coil embolization of unruptured intracranial aneurysms?

Conclusions
Neurologic complications are rare in the treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms, suggesting that routine ICU admission after treatment may not be necessary. Female sex, history of hypercoagulability, aneurysm size >2 cm, and an intraprocedural rupture were predictive of a postoperative complication. ICU monitoring in these subgroups may therefore be warranted.

Source: Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery - July 12, 2017 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Stetler, W. R., Griauzde, J., Saadeh, Y., Wilson, T. J., Al-Holou, W. N., Chaudhary, N., Thompson, B. G., Pandey, A. S., Gemmete, J. J. Tags: Editor''s choice, Hemorrhagic stroke Source Type: research