Erschienen in:
13.09.2016 | Editorial (by Invitation)
Editorial: Peculiarities of unruptured internal carotid artery bifurcation aneurysms
verfasst von:
Alex Alfieri, Lehel Török
Erschienen in:
Acta Neurochirurgica
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Ausgabe 11/2016
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Excerpt
Internal carotid artery bifurcation aneurysms are infrequent. Therefore, in most of the large prospective observational studies these aneurysms are usually underrepresented, and there is generally scarce information about the natural history and the outcome of this very challenging pathology. As for other intracranial aneurysms, the risk of aneurysmal rupture without intervention should be weighed against the risk of microsurgical clipping or endovascular treatment. In case of internal carotid artery bifurcation aneurysms, the published data are occasional and not conclusive. …