The African Journal of Neurological Sciences Vol 17 No.1,
1998
Surgery of intracranial aneurisms in East Africa
RUBERTI R.F.
Code Number: NS98004
SUMMARY
This is a prospective study of 146 black African patients
with intracranial aneurisms seen by the Author in 30 years of
practice in Kenya. Out of 146 patients, 131 have been surgically
treated mainly (90%) by clipping the aneurismal neck. The majority
of the patients were Kenyans but others were from Eastern African
Region. An analysis of the intracranial aneurismatic disease is
carried out, with particular reference to the neuroepidemiology of
this condition as seen in the African patients and to the
pathological, diagnostic and prognostic aspects as related to the
management.
RESUME
146 patients Africains noirs presentant un aneurisme
intracranien, qui ont ete vus par l'Auteur en 30 ans de pratique
medicale au Kenya, font l'objet d'une etude prospective. 131 de ces
146 patients ont ete traites chirurgicalement, la plupart (90%) par
clippage au collet de l'aneurisme. La majorite de ces patients
etaient Kenyans, les autres originaires de l'Afrique de l'Est. Une
analyse de la maladie aneurysmale intracranienne est entreprise a
partir, en particulier, des donnees qui ressortent de la
neuroepidemiologie de cette maladie chez les patients Africains et
des aspects pathologiques, diagnostiques et pronostiques, en
relation au traitement chirurgical.
KEY WORDS - Aneurisms - Intracranial East Africa
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