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To identify and categorize the primary causes of morbidity and mortality following surgical treatment of distal basilar artery aneurysms.

December 1, 1989Neurosurgery

Causes of morbidity and mortality from surgery of aneurysms of the distal basilar artery

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HBH. Hunt BatjerThe University of Texas at Tyler DSD S SamsonThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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Retrospective study reports an 8% mortality rate in distal basilar artery aneurysm surgery, highlighting compounding technical and ischemic complications.

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To identify and categorize the primary causes of morbidity and mortality following surgical treatment of distal basilar artery aneurysms.
Retrospective review of N=126 patients with distal basilar artery aneurysms treated by two neurosurgeons between 1982 and 1988.
Categorization of adverse outcomes into clinical, technical, timing, and therapy-related factors.
Ten patients (8%) died and 14 patients (11%) experienced permanent neurological disability after surgery.
Identified failure categories included direct effects of hemorrhage, surgical timing errors, conceptual errors, technical errors, delayed cerebral ischemia, complications of hypertensive/hypervolemic therapy, and unavoidable fatal outcomes.
Unfavorable outcomes frequently resulted from multiple co-occurring complications rather than an isolated procedural event.

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Batjer et al. (1989) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a995a2cea8974fe8c274a63 https://doi.org/10.1097/00006123-198912000-00009

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Retrospective study reports an 8% mortality rate in distal basilar artery aneurysm surgery, highlighting compounding technical and ischemic complications.

Causes of morbidity and mortality from surgery of aneurysms of the distal basilar artery

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Causes of morbidity and mortality from surgery of aneurysms of the distal basilar artery

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