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Table 2 Comparison of postoperative cerebral infarction distribution and symptoms between patients in the clipping and coiling groups

From: Cerebral ischemia after treatment of posterior communicating artery aneurysms: clipping versus coiling

 

Infarct location

Clipping

Coiling

Territory

 ICA

Cerebral hemispheres

3

 
 

Hemisphere excluding occipital lobe

2

 

 AChA

Hind limb of internal capsule

21

2

 ACA

Frontal lobe

2

 
 

Caudate nucleus head

4

 

 MCA

Temporoparietal lobe

1

 
 

Globus Pallidus

1

 

 PCA

occipital lobe

3

1

 

thalamus

1

 

 PCoA

Internal capsule knee

20

2

 Unknown origin

Disseminate; Centrum semiovale

8

10

Clinical presentation

 Hemiparesis

 

23

4

 Disorders of Consciousness

 

9

1

 Aphasia

 

6

 

 Asymptomatic

 

28

8

  1. ICA internal carotid artery, AChA anterior choroidal artery, ACA anterior cerebral artery, MCA middle cerebral artery, PCA posterior cerebral artery, PCoA posterior communicating artery