Functional outcome 1 year after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage due to ruptured intracranial aneurysm in elderly patients.

Background: Population aging raises questions about extending treatment indications in elderly patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). We therefore assessed functional status 1 year after treatment.

Methods: This study involved 310 patients, aged over 70 years, with ruptured brain aneurysm, enrolled between 2008 and 2014 in a prospective multicentre trial (FASHE study: NCT00692744) but considered unsuitable for randomisation and therefore analysed in the observational arms of the study: endovascular occlusion (EV), microsurgical exclusion (MS) and conservative treatment.

A randomized controlled study assessing outcome, cognition, autonomy and quality of life in over 70-year-old patients after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Background: Current aging of the population with good physiological status and the increasing incidence of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) in elderly patients has enhanced the benefit of treatment in terms of independence and long-term quality of life (QoL).

Methods: From November 1, 2008 to October 30, 2012, 351 patients aged 70 years or older with aneurysmal SAH underwent adapted treatment: endovascular coiling (EV) for 228 (65%) patients, microsurgical clipping (MS) for 75 (29.3%) or conservative treatment for 48 (13.

[Craniocerebral gunshot wounds: a study of outcome predictors].

Background And Purpose: A retrospective study about craniocerebral gunshot wounds was done to better identify outcome predictors.

Methods: We reported and analyzed the clinical and radiological data of 18 patients admitted to Le Kremlin-Bicêtre institute for a craniocerebral gunshot wound between January 2000 and December 2005. The Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) was used to analyze patient outcome.

Effects of surgery on the sensory deficits of syringomyelia and predictors of outcome: a long term prospective study.

Objective: To quantify the effects of surgery on the thermal deficits of syringomyelia and assess the predictors for such effects.

Methods: The subjects were 16 consecutive patients (12 men, 4 women; mean (SD) duration of sensory symptoms, 5.1 (4.

[Imaging of syringomyelia].

This review reports the value of current imaging techniques in the diagnosis of syringomyelia excluding tumoral causes. The value of imaging techniques for evaluation of extension, detection of associated anomalies, and pre- and postoperative evaluation are detailed.