How bid does a brain aneurysm have to be before they opperate on it?!


Question: How bid does a brain aneurysm have to be before they opperate on it.?
I just found out this week that I have a 3 MM Aneurysm involving the M1 segment of the right middle cerebral artery. Does anyone know anyone that has had anything like it.? Any info on it.? My mri came back, im just waiting on the ct results and not i would just like some input.Health Question & Answer


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Location is the one of the most important risk parameters (along with age, general health, and neurological condition). M1 is a fairly common location and there are certainly worse locations to have an aneurysm. Open surgery is not the only way to treat aneurysms. Many aneurysms can be successfully treated with a catheter that delivers a device to fill or wall off the aneurysm. This is called endovascular treatment. Not all aneurysms can be treated this way but when they can, patients generally recuperate much faster and have less risk of surgical complications. I would go a top neurovascular treatment center (such as UCLA). There are many throughout the country but most are in major metropolitan areas. The key thing is to get evaluated by a very experience interventional neuroradiologist (INR) and a neurosurgeon. I would start with the INR as they treat aneurysms in a less invasive and less damaging way (endovascular) as opposed to the neurosurgeon that does open surgery on the brain through a hole made in the skull. However, for some aneurysm cases, neurosurgery may be the best or only option. Best wishes to you.
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Surgery on an aneurysm in the brain is not so much dependent on size as it is on the location of the aneurysm. If it is located in an area where surgery would cause death or icapacitation of the patient it is often deemed an 'inoperable" situation. I wish you the best of luck with your situation and will say a prayer for your surgery and safe recovery.Health Question & Answer



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