Posterior communicating artery aneurysm treatment

Posterior communicating artery aneurysm treatment

Surgical clipping of posterior communicating artery aneurysms may be more advantageous than endovascular coiling to treat oculomotor nerve palsy caused by pcomm aneurysms 1) 2).


see Posterior communicating artery aneurysm oculomotor nerve palsy


Posterior communicating artery aneurysm clipping

Posterior communicating artery aneurysm endovascular treatment

References

1)

Tan H, Huang G, Zhang T, Liu J, Li Z, Wang Z. A retrospective comparison of the influence of surgical clipping and endovascular embolization on recovery of oculomotor nerve palsy in patients with posterior communicating artery aneurysms. Neurosurgery. 2015; 76:687–94; discussion 694
2)

Khan SA, Agrawal A, Hailey CE, Smith TP, Gokhale S, Alexander MJ, Britz GW, Zomorodi AR, McDonagh DL, James ML. E ect of surgical clipping versus endovascular coiling on recovery from oculomotor nerve palsy in patients with posterior communicating artery aneurysms: A retrospect ive comparative study and meta-analysis. Asian J Neurosurg. 2013; 8:117–124

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