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What is the clinical course and success rate of surgical obliteration for aneurysms of the vein of Galen?
What is the clinical course and success rate of surgical obliteration for aneurysms of the vein of Galen?
Surgical obliteration of vein of Galen aneurysms was historically attempted with limited success (6 out of 14 patients).
Limited success in this series warrants surgical caution; leaves open comparative efficacy versus endovascular options in vein of Galen aneurysms.
✓ A study of the literature published between 1937 and 1981 revealed 128 aneurysms of the vein of Galen. Their clinical course and management are reviewed. During the years 1950 to 1980, 29 patients with an aneurysm of the vein of Galen were seen at The Hospital for Sick Children. In 14 of these patients surgical obliteration of their aneurysm was attempted, and in six this proved successful.
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Hoffman et al. (1982) studied this question.
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