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Cognitive outcome after surgical clipping versus endovascular coiling in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage due to ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm

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Ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysms are commonly associated with deficits in memory and executive functions. However, little studies are available on the effect of surgical clipping (SC) and endovascular coiling (EC) on cognitive functioning. This study evaluates cognitive functioning in 35 patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage after ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm (ACoA) compared to 20 healthy controls (HC) and assesses the effect of SC (n = 19) compared to EC (n = 16) on cognitive performances. All participants were investigated with an extensive neuropsychological test battery assessing attention, memory and visuospatial and executive functions. The strength of this study is an in-depth investigation of several cognitive domains together and several memory functions together within the auditory–verbal and visuospatial memory domain for unrelated and related information. The ACoA group was significantly more deficient in attention, auditory–verbal and visuospatial memory and executive functions compared to HCs. No significant differences were found between both groups concerning visuospatial functions. Within the patient group, the SC group, as compared to the EC group, showed a significantly worse performance for auditory–verbal and visuospatial memory. No significant differences could be detected between both groups with regard to attention and visuospatial and executive functions. In conclusion, this study provides evidence for the advantage of EC in ACoA patients over SC in terms of cognitive outcome.

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  1. Center for Epilepsy and Acquired Brain Injury (CEPOS), Rooienberg 21, 2570, Duffel, Belgium

    Kurt Beeckmans, Patrick Vancoillie & Henri Hauman

  2. Department of Biological Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium

    Kurt Beeckmans

  3. Department of Psychiatry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090, Brussels, Belgium

    Cleo L. Crunelle

  4. Toxicological Center, Antwerp University, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610, Wilrijk, Belgium

    Cleo L. Crunelle

  5. Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium

    June Van den Bossche

  6. Department of Clinical and Lifespan Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium

    Eva Dierckx

  7. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University Hospital Louvain, Weligerveld 1, 3212, Pellenberg, Belgium

    Karla Michiels

  8. Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute (CAPRI), Antwerp University, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610, Wilrijk, Belgium

    Bernard Sabbe

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Beeckmans, K., Crunelle, C.L., Van den Bossche, J. et al. Cognitive outcome after surgical clipping versus endovascular coiling in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage due to ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm. Acta Neurol Belg 120, 123–132 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-019-01245-w

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