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Medicine and Health Sciences

2019

Aga Khan University

Aneurysm clip

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Endovascular Coiling Versus Neurosurgical Clipping For Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis, Syed Ijlal Ahmed, Gohar Javed, Syeda Beenish Bareeqa, Syeda Sana Samar, Ali Shah, Arwa Giani, Zainab Azam, Abeer Tasleem, Syed Hasham Humayun Mar 2019

Endovascular Coiling Versus Neurosurgical Clipping For Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis, Syed Ijlal Ahmed, Gohar Javed, Syeda Beenish Bareeqa, Syeda Sana Samar, Ali Shah, Arwa Giani, Zainab Azam, Abeer Tasleem, Syed Hasham Humayun

Section of Neurosurgery

Background: Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage is a frequently devastating condition with a reported incidence of between 10 and 15 people per 100,000 in the United States. Currently, according to the best of our knowledge, there are not enough meta-analyses available in the medical literature of the last five years which compare the risks and benefits of endovascular coiling with neurosurgical clipping.
Methods: Twenty-two studies were selected out of the short-listed studies. The studies were selected on the basis of relevance to the topic, sample size, sampling technique, and randomization. Data were analyzed on Revman software.
Results: Mortality was found to be …