Long-term outcomes among octogenarians with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.

CONCLUSIONS In this national analysis, 56% of octogenarians with SAH died, and 36% returned home within 1 year of SAH. Coil embolization predicted returning to home, which may suggest a benefit to endovascular treatment in this patient population. PMID: 30117766 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30117766?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - August 17, 2018 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Dasenbrock H, Gormley WB, Lee Y, Mor V, Mitchell SL, Fehnel CR Tags: J Neurosurg Source Type: research