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The AChA is particularly susceptible to vasospasm and occlusion during treatment with devastating neurological deficits, including hemiparesis, hemianesthesia, lethargy, neglect, and hemianopia. In this study, the authors performed a meta-analysis to quantify the outcomes and complication rates across treatment modalities for AChA aneurysms and to identify risk factors reported in the literature.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The authors performed a systematic review of AChA aneurysms treated with surgical clipping, endovascular coiling, or flow diversion and reported in the PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Cochrane search databases. Single-arm meta-analyses of the selected outcomes were performed in RStudio.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Literature review yielded 25 studies that met the inclusion criteria. In total, 1627 patients were included in the analysis, with 554 males, 1009 females, and 64 unspecified. The rate of any complication in the full cohort was 11.6%, with a rate of ischemic complications of 5.5% and a favorable recovery rate of 90.3% of all patients treated. In total, 1064 patients underwent surgical clipping, 443 were treated with coiling, and 120 patients with flow diversion. In clipped patients, the rate of total surgical complications was 17.6%, with an ischemic complication rate of 9.4%. The rate of good functional recovery, defined on the basis of a Glasgow Outcome Scale score of 4\u20135 or modified Rankin Scale score of 0\u20132, was 88.0%, and complete obliteration was achieved in 84.5% of surgically clipped aneurysms. The complication rate in coiled patients was 10.3%, with an ischemic complication rate of 3.0%. Good functional recovery was achieved in 88.6% of coiled patients and complete aneurysm obliteration in 74.1%. Flow diversion resulted in a complication rate of 1.3%, with 0.7% rate of ischemic complications. Good functional recovery was achieved in 98.4% of patients and complete aneurysm obliteration in 79.0% in the flow diversion group. Aneurysm morphological features that impacted the complication rate were also identified to augment quantitative data and to help guide treatment selection for AChA aneurysms.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Flow diversion showed significantly lower total and ischemic complications and improved outcomes compared to clipping and coiling. There may be differences in outcomes between treatment types, especially when considering the varied patient presentations that guide treatment selection.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/2024.4.jns24362","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,9]],"date-time":"2024-08-09T21:30:20Z","timestamp":1723239020000},"page":"127-137","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Anterior choroidal artery aneurysms: a systematic review and meta-analysis of outcomes and ischemic complications following surgical and endovascular treatment"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"142","author":[{"given":"Patrick","family":"Barhouse","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Neurosurgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"Young","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Neurosurgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Philipp","family":"Taussky","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Neurosurgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Niels","family":"Pacheco-Barrios","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Neurosurgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christopher S.","family":"Ogilvy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Neurosurgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"b1","series-title":"Neurosurg Rev","first-page":"276","article-title":"Comparison of outcomes between clipping and endovascular coiling in anterior choroidal artery aneurysm: a systematic review","volume":"46","author":"Al Fauzi A","year":"2023","unstructured":"Al Fauzi A, Rahmatullah MI, Suroto NS,  Comparison of outcomes between clipping and endovascular coiling in anterior choroidal artery aneurysm: a systematic review. 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