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. 2020 Nov 26;15(4):213–219. doi: 10.5797/jnet.oa.2019-0051

Table 2. Comparison between MCA aneurysms treated by coil embolization and those treated by surgical clipping.

Coil embolization Clipping
Unruptured Ruptured Total Unruptured Ruptured Total
Number of cases 22 4 26 49 12 61
Age* 68.0 ± 12.0 55.0 ± 3.7 66.0 ± 12.1 62.3 ± 12.7 63.3 ± 15.0 62.5 ± 13.1
Sex (proportion of females) 77.3% 25.0% 69.2% 67.3% 66.7% 67.2%
Aneurysm size (mm)* 4.57 ± 1.93 14.4 ± 11.3 6.08 ± 5.61 5.03 ± 2.15 6.48 ± 2.88 5.32 ± 2.37
Dome/neck ratio* 1.33 ± 0.29 3.85 ± 4.34 1.71 ± 1.79 1.46 ± 0.57 1.50 ± 0.43 1.47 ± 0.54
Proportion of cases with bleb 59.0% 50.0% 57.7% 48.9% 66.7% 52.5%
Proportion of cases with M2 incorporation 27.8% 50.0% 31.8% 42.9% 50.0% 44.3%

*Mean ± 1 SD. MCA: middle cerebral artery.