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The mean (SD) hospital stay was 19.0 \u00b1 7.4 days for the 12 patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage and 7.0 \u00b1 5.6 days for the 33 patients with unruptured aneurysms. The mean follow-up was 38.7 \u00b1 29.5 months (median 36 months; range 6\u201396 months). The mean Glasgow Outcome Scale score for the 12 patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage was 3.9; for the 33 patients with unruptured aneurysms, it was 4.8. No rehemorrhages occurred during follow-up. The overall annual risk of recurrence was 2% and that of rehemorrhage was 0%.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title><jats:p>Fusiform and dolichoectatic aneurysms involving the entire vessel wall must be investigated individually. Although some of these aneurysms may be amenable to primary clipping and clip reconstruction, these complex lesions often require alternative microsurgical and endovascular treatment. 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