Aneurysm Surgery in a Community Setting

A 15-year surgical experience of 34 aneurysms in private practice is reported. There was 1 death secondary to postoperative arterial spasm, and 3 patients sustained neurological injury. The remaining patients were normal or neurologically stable or improved. Although intracranial aneurysm surgery in a community setting differs from such surgery in a university setting, it seems that similar results can be obtained despite the more limited number of cases encountered. (Neurosurgery 22:501-502, 1988)