Title

Age/

Sex

Pathology

Postoperative Day of Vasospasm Occurrence

Treatment

Outcome

Time of

outcome

assessment

Afshari 2014

9/F

Hypoglossal nerve Schwannoma

8

(1) IV milrinone and noradrenaline

(2) Nimodipine

Full recovery

3 months

Rao

2013

10/F

Posterior fossa

medulloblastoma

12

(1) Hypertension up to 165 mmHg

(2) Nimodipine

Full recovery

Day 25

Jacob

2011

23/M

Posterior fossa

ependymoma

12

(1) HHH (NS)

(2) Balloon angioplasty

(3) IA verapamil

(4) Calcium-channel blocker (NS)

Full recovery

Day 24

Kasliwal 2008

34/F

Pituitary adenoma

13

(1) Hypervolemia (NS)

(2) IA papaverine

Mortality

Day 14

Almubaslat 2007

41/F

Esthesioneuroblastoma

11

(1) HHH (NS)

(2) Corticosteroid

(3) Nimodipine

Homonymous hemianopia

Day 23

Ecker 2003

23/F

Sylvian dermoid cyst

2

(1) HHH (NS)

(2) Balloon angioplasty

Mild

hemiparesis

7 months

Nishioka 2001

41/M

Pituitary adenoma

12

(1) HHH (NS)

(2) IA papaverine

(3) Anticoagulation

Full recovery

NS

Bejjani 1999

48/F

Cavernous sinus

meningioma

30

(1) HHH (NS)

(2) Intraaortic balloon pump

(3) Balloon angioplasty

Significant improvement

NS

Bejjani 1999

65/F

Foramen magnum

meningioma

15

(1) HHH (NS)

(2) Balloon angioplasty

Mortality

NS

Bejjani 1999

50/F

Cavernous sinus

meningioma

4

(1) HHH (NS)

Significant improvement

NS

Bejjani 1999

57/M

Petroclival

meningioma

1

(1) HHH (NS)

(2) IA papaverine

Significant improvement

NS

Bejjani 1999

59/F

Cavernous sinus meningioma

2

(1) HHH (NS)

Significant improvement

NS

Bejjani 1999

50/F

Planum sphenoidale

meningioma

1

(1) HHH (NS)

(2) Balloon angioplasty

Significant improvement

NS

Chang 1999

45/M

Suprasellar pilocytic

astrocytoma

5

(1) HHH (NS)

(2) Nimodipine

(3) IA papaverine

Aphasia, right hemiparesis

NS

Lee

1998

15 months/F

Posteriorfossa

primitive

neuroectodermal

tumor

21

(1) IV dobutamine

(2) IV albumin

(3) Nimodipine

(4) Anticoagulation

Mortality

5 weeks

Bejjani 1997

6/F

Oculomotor nerve Schwannoma

7

(1) HHH (US)

(2) Balloon angioplasty

Full recovery

NS

Cervoni 1996

51/M

Pituitary adenoma

4

(1) Hypervolemia (NS)

(2) Nimodipine

Full recovery

2 years

Cervoni 1996

48/F

Pituitary adenoma

5

(1) Hypervolemia (NS)

(2) Nimodipine

Mortality

Day 12

Cervoni 1996

38/M

Craniopharyngioma

7

(1) Hypervolemia (NS)

(2) Nimodipine

Significant improvement

1 year

Cervoni 1996

44/M

Frontal metastatic adenocarcinoma

5

(1) Hypervolemia (NS)

(2) Nimodipine

Mortality

Day 15

Cervoni 1996

51/M

Petroclival

meningioma

4

(1) Hypervolemia (NS)

(2) Nimodipine

Mortality

Day 10