Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Variables: Median [IQR]; n (%) |
Total (N = 88) |
Surgery only (N = 54) |
Preoperative embolisation (N = 34) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 40 [19 – 53] | 39 [20 – 54] | 41 [18 – 52] | > 0.9 |
| Female | 40 (46%) | 26 (48%) | 14 (41%) | 0.5 |
| mRS at admission | 0.09 | |||
| 0 | 9 (10%) | 7 (13%) | 2 (5.9%) | |
| 1 | 28 (32%) | 15 (28%) | 13 (38%) | |
| 2 | 21 (24%) | 9 (17%) | 12 (35%) | |
| 3 | 12 (14%) | 8 (15%) | 4 (12%) | |
| 4 | 3 (4%) | 2 (4%) | 1 (3%) | |
| 5 | 15 (17%) | 13 (24%) | 2 (6%) | |
| Dependency (mRS > 2) at admission | 30 (34%) | 23 (43%) | 7 (21%) | 0.034 |
| Presenting symptoms | 0.2 | |||
| Headache | 28 (32%) | 17 (31%) | 11 (32%) | |
| Focal neurological deficit | 24 (27%) | 16 (30%) | 8 (24%) | |
| Reduced consciousness | 19 (22%) | 14 (26%) | 5 (15%) | |
| Seizure | 12 (14%) | 4 (7%) | 8 (24%) | |
| Unknown | 5 (6%) | 3 (6%) | 2 (6%) | |
| Indication for intervention | 0.7 | |||
| Haemorrhage | 28 (32%) | 19 (35%) | 9 (26%) | |
| Risk of haemorrhage | 12 (14%) | 7 (13%) | 5 (15%) | |
| Seizures | 5 (6%) | 2 (4%) | 3 (9%) | |
| Focal neurological deficit | 1 (1%) | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Multiple of above | 42 (48%) | 22 (41%) | 17 (50%) | 0.2 |