Assessment of the haemostatic system in patients surgically treated for ruptured cerebral aneurysm.

Background And Purpose: The aim of the study was to evaluate selected markers of thrombin generation and subsequent fibrinolysis in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) and to assess the relationship between thrombin generation/fibrinolysis and clinical course and outcome.

Material And Methods: This prospective study included 72 patients after aneurysmal SAH who underwent surgery within 72 hours after onset of symptoms. The results were compared with 84 control patients without SAH.

[Diagnosis and operative treatment cavernous angiomas of the central nervous system].

Unlabelled: Among all detected cerebral angiomas the frequency of cavernous angiomas (CAs) is 5-13%. The aim of this study is to present the diagnostic methods of CA of the central nervous system (CNS), indications for surgery and assessment of its outcome. Between 1993-2000, eleven cases of CAs were operated on at the Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College, Jagiellonian University in Krakow.

[Surgery of the ruptured distal anterior cerebral artery aneurysms].

Introduction: Distal anterior cerebral artery aneurysms (DACAA) are the particular group of the aneurysms of anterior circle of Willis. The characteristic factors are: different location on the distal anterior cerebral artery, specific surgical approach and rare occurrence.

Aim: Retrospective analysis of the outcome and attempt to find risk factors in DACAA surgical treatment were goals of this report.

[Cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Current possibilities of prevention and treatment].

Cerebral vasospasm is a complication diagnosed in angiography among about 2/3 of patients after subarachnoid haemorrhage with ruptured cerebral aneurysm. In half of the cases it appears in disturbances of consciousness, neurological deficits and vegetative disturbances. It's final result can be ischemic stroke.