Table 1: All cases reported. Abbreviations: ACoA: Anterior communicating artery; CT: computed tomography; EDH: epidural haematoma; ICA: internal carotid artery; ICH: intraparenchimal haematoma; MCA: middle cerebral artery; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; NA: Not Available
Case |
Author, year |
Sex |
Age (yrs) |
Comorbidities |
Aneurysm location |
Aneurysm size (mm) |
Multiple aneurysm |
Previous SAH |
CVS onset (postoperative days) |
CVS location |
Temporary clipping (min) |
Number of clips |
Other relevant surgical details |
Relevant Imaging (CT/MRI) |
Symptoms
|
Treatment |
Outcome |
1 |
Bloomfield, 1985 |
F |
54 |
NA |
right MCA bifurcation |
7 |
|
|
9th |
|
NA |
2 |
aneurysm puncture after clipping, transient MCA focal spasm |
none |
left hemiparesis |
hydratation dexamethasone 4 mg/hrs for 5 days |
Partial recovery |
2 |
Gutierrez, 2001 |
F |
55 |
NA |
left ICA (ophtalmic segment) |
3\5 |
no |
NA |
1st (16 hrs) |
M1,M2, A1,A2 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
none |
severe right hemiparesis, aphasia, coma |
papaverine instillation |
Partial recovery (slight right hemiparesis) |
3 |
Kitazawa, 2004 I |
F |
21 |
NA |
left ICA (paraclinoid) |
4 |
no |
no |
12th |
left M2 |
use (unknown, several times) |
1 straight (Sugita no.2) |
bleeding fron cavernous sinus |
none |
aphasia, Gerstmann |
chemical angioplasty (papaverine hydrochloride 80 mg), triple H |
Complete recovery |
4 |
Kitazawa, 2004 II |
F |
63 |
NA |
left ICA (paraclinoid) |
5 |
no |
no |
9th |
NA |
use (unknown) |
2 |
none |
mild EDH (unknown if it requires surgery) |
aphasia, right hemiparesis |
chemical angioplasty (unknown), triple H |
Complete recovery |
5 |
Paolini, 2005 |
F |
47 |
smoking (2/3 packs a day) |
right MCA bifurcation |
8 |
|
|
28th |
distal M1 |
use (unknown) |
2 straights |
none |
postop CT scan:right f-t ICH with brain swelling; on 28th day CT:subacute infarction in tha MCA periventricular areas |
left faciobrachiocrural hemiparesis |
hydratation, antiplatelet |
Complete recovery |
6 |
Yang, 2011 |
F |
41 |
NA |
left ICA bifurcation |
5 |
|
|
28th |
left distal ICA,A1 and M1 |
use (3 (su art hr??errore?) |
2 |
none |
none |
aphasia, right facial numbness |
hydratation, antiplatelet, chemical angioplasty (unknown drug) |
partial recovery (minimal aphasia) |
7 |
Yang, 2012 |
F |
61 |
NA |
left MCA bifurcation |
6 |
|
|
10th |
NA |
use (?) |
3 |
none |
none |
aphasia, mental change |
hydratation, antiplatelet, chemical anicardipina 8 mg) |
partial recovery (minimal aphasia) |
8 |
Hashimoto, 2015 |
F |
62 |
NA |
left ICA-PCA |
5 |
|
|
11th (radiological 8th) |
diffuse:bilateral A1, left M!, right M3-M4, bilateral PCA |
no |
NA |
residual neck wrapped by temporal muscle graft |
none the postopCT; a Ct scan performed at 8th postop day showed M1 vasospasm+left hemispheric edema, 11th day MRI: left MCA ictus |
disorientation, aphasia, right hemiplegia |
hypervolemic+antiplatelet therapy |
partial recovery (acalculia, paraphasia) |
9 |
Tsyben, 2016 |
F |
53 |
NA |
left M1 |
5 |
|
|
2nd (30 hrs) |
left MCA |
no |
1 |
reposition of clip 3 times |
none, until MRI on the 6th postop day:left MCA stroke |
dysphasia, fluctuant right hemiparesis (> upper limb) |
chemical angioplasty (verapamil) |
Partial recovery (minimal dysphasia, right upperl limb paresis) |
10 |
Tsyben, 2016 |
M |
70 |
DM type II, essential hypertension, smoking |
ACoA, two small left MCA |
NA |
yes |
|
2nd |
left M2 and M3 |
yes (both A1 for 4min) |
unknown |
old xantochromic arachnoid staining near one small MCA an., resection of gyrus rectus |
none |
decrease of consciousness, aphasia, right hemiparesis |
chemical angioplasty (verapamil 20 mg), 3 days of hypertnesion and hypervolemia, 21day of nimodipine |
Complete recovery |
11 |
Present Case |
F |
59 |
smoking (2/3 packs a day), hypertension |
left MCA bifurcation |
5 |
yes: 3mm left ICA |
no |
6th |
left M1 and MCA bifurcation |
yes (M1 for 6min) |
1 curved Sugita clip |
none |
left frontobasal and temporal ipodensity on postop CT scan |
aphasia, right hemiparesis |
chemical angioplasty (nimodipine) |
Partial recovery |