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St. Olav University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

Intracranial aneurysm treatment is not associated with low quality of life

Published in Mental Health Business Week, September 30th, 2006

There are no significant differences in the quality of life of patients with intracranial aneurysms successfully treated with endovascular technique or craniotomy and clipping.

"Discovering an intracranial aneurysm may profoundly affect the patient's quality of life. Patients living with unruptured and untreated aneurysms often report symptoms of anxiety and depression. There are few trials studying the quality of life after treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms. We aimed to compare the quality of life and symptoms of anxiety or depression after endovascular coiling or open surgery clipping of unruptured intracranial aneurysms, in patients with no prior...

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