Clinical results and costs of endovascular treatment in comparison with surgery in non ruptured aneurysms.

Objective: to evaluate the results and costs of surgical treatment against endovascular in non ruptured aneurysms.

Material And Methods: retrospective study of a consecutive series non ruptured aneurysms from a single-center treated endovascularly (EV) and surgically (SC). A descriptive study of demographic (age, sex) charqacteristics of the patients and the radiological aspects of the aneurysms have been carried out.

[Usefulness of IPC continuous monitoring in shunt dysfunction].

Shunt dysfunction is a common situation in neurosurgery. Often symptoms, physical examination and radiology are not enough to set a diagnosis. ICP continuous monitoring is a safe and reliable tool that provides valuable information about CSF dynamics in these patients.

["Idiopathic" syringomyelia: report of a case].

Syringomyelia is the condition in which cavities fulfilled with CSF are found within spinal cord. Syringes are caused by obstructions of CSF pathways of different causes. If we can not find a cause responsible for the blockage, we call it "idiopathic" syringomyelia.

[Quality of life in intracranial aneurysm: surgery versus endovascular treatment].

Background: Based on earlier studies, we aimed to determine the quality of life of patients with intracranial aneurysm after their treatment by surgery or embolization and to compare the quality of life of these two groups.

Methods: The SF-36 health questionnaire was retrospectively applied to 93 patients with intracranial aneurysm treated with surgery (n=56) or embolization (n=37).

Results: The quality of life of some patients was impaired but 50% of patients treated with surgery and 40.