Fusiform intracranial aneurysms: long-term outcomes and treatment risks at a tertiary neuroscience centre.

Key Points

• Examine long-term outcomes and treatment risks associated with fusiform intracranial aneurysms.
• Retrospective analysis of treatment outcomes at a tertiary neuroscience centre.
• Assessment of occlusion rates and morbidity compared to saccular aneurysms.
• Evaluation of rupture and progression risk over time.
• Treatment achieved high occlusion rates in fusiform intracranial aneurysms.
• Morbidity associated with treatment was substantially higher than for saccular aneurysms.
• Low rates of rupture and modest progression risk indicate selective treatment for ruptured or progressing lesions may be advisable.