From the Blogs — Intracranial Aneurysms for the Non-Neurosurgical Provider: Primer Series, Part 3

For many patients with intracranial aneurysm, monitoring is the best course, and neurosurgery clinicians determine the type of scan and frequency of imaging by evaluating patient and aneurysm factors. If treatment is the appropriate course, there are essentially two paths: open surgical clipping and endovascular treatment. Neurosurgery physician assistant Bianca Belcher describes the basis for neurosurgery teams' treatment decisions and the advantages and disadvantages of each for patients in this week's In Practice blog.