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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

Clipping and Coiling of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 2000 to 2010 Clinical Sciences
Conclusions— Although outcomes tended to improve over time, increased preventative treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms among Medicare beneficiaries did not result in a population-level decrease in SAH rates.
Source: Stroke - August 24, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Jalbert, J. J., Isaacs, A. J., Kamel, H., Sedrakyan, A. Tags: Cerebral Aneurysm, AVM, & Subarachnoid hemorrhage, Aneurysm, AVM, hematoma Clinical Sciences Source Type: research