Research Article

[Retracted] Results of Surgical and Nonsurgical Treatment of Aneurysms in a Developing Country

Table 2

Distribution of complications and outcome in the two therapeutic groups of our SAH patients.

Therapeutic groupRebleedingDeath due to rebleedingHydrocephalyVentricular shuntingInfarction due to vasospasmDeath

Surgical ( 𝑛 : 45)2 (4.4%)*2 (4.4%)2 (4.4%)2 (4.4%)28 (62.2%)
Medical ( 𝑛 : 75)3 (4%)2 (2.7%)15 (20%)11 (14.7%)5 (6.7%)25 (33.3%)

Total ( 𝑛 : 120)5 (4.2%)2 (1.7%)17 (14.2%)13 (10.8%)7 (5.8%)53 (44.2%)

Rebleeding occurred before aneurysm clipping.