Management of Giant Aneurysm
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Giant intracranial aneurysms account for about 5 percent of all aneurysms, and are arbitrarily defined as having a diameter greater than 25 mm. These lesions, if left untreated, have an extremely poor natural history, with higher rates of morbidity and mortality than smaller saccular aneurysms. A retrospective review of untreatable giant aneurysms revealed an 80% risk of death or severe disability within 5 years of presentation.(5) In prospective natural history studies, patients with unruptured, untreated giant aneurysms had a 5 year cumulative hemorrhage rate of 40-50%.(6)
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