Incidence of Vasospasm, Outcome, and Quality of Life after Endovascular and Surgical Treatment of Ruptured Intracranial Aneurysms: Results of a Single-Center Prospective Study in Switzerland

Table 1

Demographic characteristics and clinical and radiological findings on admission.

	Surgical treatment			Endovascular treatment
	Total	Clinical CVS	No clinical CVS	Total	Clinical CVS	No clinical CVS
Patients	41	12	29	25	6	19
Age (years)	50.2±10.6	51.2±7.1	49.8±11.6	54.9±9.3	55.1±7.4	54.8±9.8
Gender (f : m)	30 : 11	11 : 1	19 : 10	17 : 8	4 : 2	13 : 06
BMI (m^2/kg)	24.9±3.9	24.7±3.9	24.6±3.9	26.4±4.5	23.8±2.7	27±4.6
WFNS grading	1.9±1.2	2.2±1.5	1.8±1.1	2.2±1.5	2±1.3	2.3±1.6
Grade 1–3 (%)	82.3	75	86.2	72	83.3	68.4
Grade 4-5 (%)	17.7	25	13.7	28	16.7	31.6
mGCS	13.7±2.4	12.7±3.7	14.1±1.5	12.7±3.8	13.1±2.9	12.5±4
Hunt & Hess grading	2.2±0.5	2.41±0.6	2.2±0.4	2.5±1	2.5±0.9	2.5±1
Grade 1–3 (%)	97.6	91.7	100	84	83.3	84.2
Grade 4-5 (%)	2.4	8.3	0	16	16.7	15.8
Initial mean arterial pressure (mmHg)	100.7±18.3	109.4±22.1	91.7±15.1	101.4±10.3	117.9±17.5	96.2±18.1
Time interval SAH—admission (mean hours/range)	21/0.4–312	21.5/0.4–124	20.8/0.5–312	19.5/0.5–206	39.4/1–206	12.3/0.5–159
Headache (%)	97.5	100	96.6	92	100	89.5
Unconsciousness (%)	43.9	50	41.5	31	33.3	36.8
Nausea/vomitting (%)	65.9	50	75.9	76	83.3	73.7
Neck stiffness (%)	61	50	65.5	64	83.3	57.9
Seizures (%)	7.3	8.3	6.8	28	16.7	31.6
Focal neurological deficits (%)	19.5	16.6	20.7	8	0	10.5
Hydrocephalus (%)	26.8	25	27.6	32	33.3	36.8

CVS: cerebral vasospasm; BMI: body mass index; WFNS: World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies; mGCS: modified Glasgow Coma Score; SAH: subarachnoid hemorrhage. All data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.