Long-term cognitive deficits in patients after surgery on aneurysms of the anterior communicating artery.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
The long term recovery of a series of 27 patients who had undergone rupture and repair of an aneurysm of the anterior communicating artery was assessed using a number of neuropsychological measures. Testing took place 12 to 84 months post surgery. On the basis of the results from tests of intellect, memory, and conceptual learning, three subgroups of patients were identified: those with persuasive cognitive defects, those with evidence of residual frontal lobe damage and those who showed no evidence of dysfunction. The occurrence of cerebral vasospasm was the most consistent predictor of long term cognitive deficit.
Medical subject headings
- Brain Damage, Chronic
- Intracranial Aneurysm
- Neuropsychological Tests
- Postoperative Complications
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage