Continuous Selective Intra-Arterial Application of Nimodipine in Refractory Cerebral Vasospasm due to Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Table 1
Clinical patient and treatment data.
Case no.
Age (years)
Sex
H & H grade
Fisher grade
Aneurysm localization
Treatm. ons. (day)
Treatm. dur. (days)
Outcome (GOS)
Coiling versus clipping
1
54
f
3
4
A com A
9
4
1
Clipping
2
42
f
5
4
MCA l
10
5
1
Clipping
3
43
f
5
4
MCA r
9
4
1
Clipping
4
42
m
3
3
MCA l + ICA l
5
2
5
Clipping
5
53
f
4
4
MCA r
8
4
5
Clipping
6
56
m
2
2
A com A
9
3
2
Clipping
7
43
f
3
4
MCA l
13
3
3
Clipping
8
29
m
5
3
P com A r
7
3
1
Clipping
9
48
f
2
2
A com A
5
3
4
Clipping
10
52
m
5
4
MCA r
14
2
2
Clipping + reclipping
11
48
f
3
4
MCA r + ICA r
6 + 10
3 + 3
5
Clipping + coiling
12
76
m
2
2
A com A
9
4
1
13
50
f
5
4
MCA l
6
3
2
Clipping
14
56
f
2
3
A com A
8
3
4
Clipping
15
27
f
2
2
MCA l + carotid T l
7
3
5
Clipping
16
40
m
4
4
A com A
8 + 12
3 + 3
4
Clipping
17
68
f
2
2
ICA l
10
3
3
Clipping
18
55
f
4
4
C1/C2 r
9
3
3
Clipping
19
62
f
2
3
A com A
6
2
5
Clipping
20
48
m
0
1
MCA r
7
3
3
Clipping
21
49
m
5
4
ICA r
11
3
3
Clipping
22
66
m
4
4
MCA r
12
2
3
Clipping
23
41
f
2
3
MCA l
10
5
4
Clipping
24
61
f
3
4
MCA r
1 + 10
3 + 3
3
Clipping
25
48
m
0
1
MCA l
5
2
5
Clipping
26
47
f
1
4
A com A
7
3
5
Coiling
27
42
f
3
3
MCA r
11
2
3
Clipping
28
38
m
3
4
P com A l
2 + 8 + 13
3 + 4 + 4
5
Coiling
29
53
f
4
4
A com A
12
3
2
Clipping
30
56
f
4
4
MCA r
20
1
5
Clipping
Case no.: case number; H & H grade: Hunt and Hess grade; treatm. ons. (day): first day of selective continuous intra-arterial nimodipine infusion; treatm. dur. (days): duration of selective continuous intra-arterial nimodipine infusion in days; outcome (GOS): clinical outcome on discharge in Glasgow outcome scale score; coiling versus clipping: interventional neuroradiologic aneurysm coiling versus microsurgical aneurysm clipping; f: female; m: male; r: right; l: left; A com A: anterior communicating artery; MCA: median cerebral artery; ICA: internal carotid artery; P com A: posterior communicating artery; carotid T: bifurcation of internal carotid artery; C1/C2: segments of the internal carotid artery; : no coiling or clipping.
