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Recovery of aneurysm related oculomotor nerve palsy depending on operative or endovascular treatment
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Veröffentlicht: | 20. Mai 2009 |
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Objective: Oculomotor nerve palsy (ONP) caused by intracranial aneurysms is a well-known clinical entity. Our objective was to analyse the recovery of ONP after surgical decompression or endovascular treatment with reduction of aneurysm pulsatility.
Methods: Between June 1999 and April 2008, 6 of 914 consecutive patients with ruptured and 14 of 344 consecutive patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysms causing oculomotor nerve palsy were treated. Oculomotor nerve palsy was recorded at admission, after 3 and 6 months, and after one year.
Results: Overall 4 of 20 patients (20%) with oculomotor nerve palsy underwent surgical clipping of the symptomatic aneurysm. 12 patients (60%) were treated endovascularly and 4 patients (20%) remained untreated due to small aneurysm size or multimorbidity (all unruptured). After 3 months, 3 of the 4 patients (75%) treated with clipping and 5 of 12 patients (42%) treated endovascularly recovered from their deficit. 6 months after treatment, all surgically treated patients and 5 of the 12 endovascularly treated patients recovered from their deficit (p=0.08, OR 12, CI 0.5-278). The grade of aneurysm occlusion (total vs. subtotal) did not influence the rate of recovery (p=1.0). Aneurysm location was the posterior communicating artery in 15 patients and basilar tip in 5 patients. There was no difference in recovery rates concerning aneurysm location (p=1.0). 2 of the 4 patients without treatment recovered from their deficit after 6 months. Meta-analysis, including the current data, revealed a significant difference of oculomotor nerve palsy recovery after 6 months favouring clipping (p<0.001; OR 7.7; 95% CI 2 - 22). 25 of 30 patients after clipping vs. 28 of 71 patients after coiling recovered completely from ONP.
Conclusions: Oculomotor nerve palsy caused by intracranial aneurysms can recover after surgical clipping or coiling. The rate of recovery seems to be higher after surgical clipping, which might influence surgical decision-making.