Cerebral Vasospasm in Patients over 80 Years Treated by Coil Embolization for Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysms
Table 1
Patient characteristics.
No. of cases (%)
value
Group A (32 cases)
Group B (12 cases)
Age, yr (median, IQR)
64 (58.75–69.75)
83 (82–84.25)
Sex (male : female)
12 : 20
6 : 6
0.4526
Treatment day (median, IQR)
0 (0-1)
0 (0-1)
0.9877
Location of aneurysms (anterior circulation)
19 (59)
11 (92)
0.0679
Fisher groups
0.1158
2
2 (6)
3 (25)
3
30 (94)
9 (75)
Hunt and Kosnik grades
0.4752
I
3 (9)
3 (25)
II
8 (25)
3 (25)
III
11 (35)
2 (17)
IV
10 (31)
4 (33)
Insertion of lumbar drainage
29 (91)
7 (58)
0.0249
Symptomatic vasospasm
4 (13)
7 (58)
0.0040
Cerebral infarction
1 (3)
4 (33)
0.0153
Length of stay, days (median, IQR)
30 (17–53)
32.5 (14.75–50.25)
0.7515
mRS score at discharge
0.0494
0
2 (6)
0 (0)
1
6 (19)
0 (0)
2
1 (3)
0 (0)
3
9 (28)
3 (25)
4
9 (28)
6 (50)
5
5 (16)
3 (25)
6
0 (0)
0 (0)
Age, treatment day, and length of stay values represent medians (interquartile range); other values represent raw numbers with percentages in parentheses. mRS indicates modified Rankin Scale.
