High re-bleeding rate in young adults after subarachnoid haemorrhage from giant aneurysms

DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.779

Rothoerl, Ralf Dirk ; Finkenzeller, Thomas ; Schubert, Thomas ; Woertgen, Chris ; Brawanski, Alexander

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Abstract

Low re-bleeding rates within the first 14 days of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage are reported in young patients. Furthermore, re-bleeding rate for giant aneurysms does not exceed 20% according to the literature. Our own clinical impression is that the re-bleeding rate seems to be much higher in giant aneurysms than reported, particularly in young patients. The aim of this study was to ...