Abstract
We analyzed surgical results and complications of 100 consecutive cases with unruptured intracranial aneurysms of the anterior circulation that were treated by 1 neurosurgeon over a period of 7 years beginning in 2001. Forty-one cases were internal carotid aneurysms, 35 were middle cerebral aneurysms, and 21 were anterior cerebral aneurysms. The size of aneurysms was 3-5 mm in 16 cases, 5-10 mm in 68, 10-15 mm in 8 and more than 15 mm in 8 cases. Neck clipping was performed in 97 cases and bypass plus trapping was selected in 3 cases. Postoperative angiography revealed complete disappearance in 99 cases, and no subarachnoid hemorrhage occurred during post-surgical follow-up. Permanent surgical morbidity and mortality were 2% and 0%, respectively.
Unruptured cerebral aneurysms in anterior circulation can be treated with low morbidity and mortality, but cranial nerve injury and ischemic complication should be avoided particularly in case of anterior communicating artery aneurysms, paraclinoid aneurysms and proximal middle cerebral artery aneurysms.
