Memory & cognition after brain aneurysm treatment: What you need to know. | Webinar

Are you trying to choose a treatment option for your unruptured brain aneurysm? Or has your memory and cognition been affected after treating your brain aneurysm? In this webinar brought to you by the Brain Aneurysm Foundation and The Neurosurgical Atlas, Andrew Ringer, MD from Mayfield Brain and Spine talks about memory and cognition after the most popular brain aneurysm treatments. He explains the recognized risk factors, highlights research done by the Endovascular Neurosurgery Research Group and goes over the things you can do to help improve your cognitive outcomes.

Whether you are making a decision to treat an unruptured aneurysm or recovering from surgery, this webinar is packed with information that may help you. Click on the time codes below to navigate through the video...

@00:00 Introduction: Andrew Ringer, MD / disclosures.
@1:45 Unruptured Aneurysm: Who is at risk of a rupture? What’s the risk of treatment? Who should be treated?
@2:09 When do you treat a brain aneurysm? What are the two main treatment options available?
@3:05 What are the pros and cons of surgical clipping / endovascular coiling?
@4:44 What are the pros and cons of observing (not treating) an aneurysm?
@5:10 Advances in surgical and endovascular techniques have improved outcomes for aneurysm treatment.
@5:34 Focus: Evaluating outcomes have not adequately considered cognitive effects.
@6:07 How were outcomes traditionally measured (Modified Rankin Scale)?
@7:09 What are the cognitive disabilities that can happen in patients with an aneurysm? How does cognitive injury occur?
@8:42 Can cognitive injury occur in patients with an untreated and unruptured brain aneurysm?
@9:42 What are the risks associated with treatments?
@10:48 Neurocognitive Outcome Post Elective Aneurysm Treatment: A look at the cognitive outcomes of 40 patients who had their unruptured aneurysm treated.
@17:05 Conclusion of Neurocognitive Outcome Post Elective Aneurysm Treatment study.
@19:29 The decision-making process to treat an aneurysm can be very complicated. What are the factors?
@20:12 Decision matrix.
@20:50 SURE test for clinical practice.
@21:20 Decision regret.
@23:14 What are the ways to improve memory and cognitive function?

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