Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Guidelines Part II: Treatment

Once patients have been diagnosed with an aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, the number one priority is to obliterate the aneurysm as soon as possible and prevent rebleeding. In this episode, Dr. Hoh and Dr. Ko go into more detail about imaging that can definitively diagnose the aneurysm and reveal its precise shape and position in the brain. Once that is established, there are a number of surgery options that the guidelines specify. During a hemorrhage, blood gets into the outside coverings of the brain and is very irritating to tissue—this can result in a number of short-term complications. Dr. Hoh and Ko discuss some of the major ones and reveal how the latest guidelines recommend addressing them, both raising some new ideas and challenging some conventional approaches.