THE MANAGEMENT OUTCOME OF PATIENTS WITH A RUPTURED POSTERIOR CIRCULATION ANEURYSM

From 1979-1986 121 patients with a vertebro basilar aneurysm were admi tted to the Institute of Neurological Sciences, Glasgow. Of the 121 pa tients, 97 presented with a subarachnoid haemorrhage. In these patient s the management mortality was 30% and the operative mortality 13%. Si xteen patients rebled and 16 developed delayed ischaemia. The prognosi s of a patient with a ruptured vertebro basilar aneurysm admitted to o ur Institute is similar to that of a patient with aneurysmal subarachn oid haemorrhage from an anterior circulation aneurysm.