Patient N.T.H.H (47 years old, Cu Chi district) was admitted to the hospital with a gradually comatose state and weakness on the right side of her body. Before being admitted to the hospital, she had taken a bath, then suddenly had a severe headache, vomiting, especially this was a pain that the patient had never experienced before. The patient was taken by her family to Xuyen A General Hospital for emergency treatment.

At the Emergency Department, doctors ordered a CT scan of the brain to detect subarachnoid hemorrhage. At the same time, based on experience in handling thousands of cases of cerebral hemorrhage each year, doctors suspected the hemorrhage was due to a ruptured cerebral aneurysm, so they continued to have the patient have a high-tech CT angiography (CTA) and discovered a large cerebral aneurysm.

Based on the clinical condition and the image of the subarachnoid hemorrhage, the doctors predicted that this was a very bad case, with a mortality rate of up to 70%, and that emergency surgery to clip the aneurysm was needed to prevent the risk of re-rupture.

After consultation and consideration of the risks, the surgery was performed by Dr. CKII. Truong Thai Duong and a team of doctors from the Department of Cranio-Spine Surgery 1. After 3 hours of intense surgery, careful in every operation, the cerebral aneurysm was clamped and completely controlled. Currently, the patient's health condition is stable, no more headaches, good mobility in the limbs.

According to Dr. CKII. Truong Thai Duong - Head of the Department of Cranio-Spine Surgery 1, Xuyen A General Hospital, "This is a difficult case, the aneurysm is large, wide neck, located in an unfavorable position, high risk of rupture, the boundary between life and death is only a split second. But with the inherent experience, the doctor and the team successfully controlled the neck of the aneurysm, completely eliminating the risk of re-rupture. After surgery, the patient continued to receive active treatment, controlling complications due to subarachnoid hemorrhage, coordinating physical therapy and has fully recovered."

Through the above case, doctors recommend that people should see a doctor when they detect headaches, especially sudden and severe neck headaches, for timely detection and treatment. Doctors said that ruptured cerebral aneurysms causing subarachnoid hemorrhage can also lead to serious consequences such as cerebral infarction, ventricular dilatation, and damage to the patient's nervous system. Rupture of cerebral aneurysms is a dangerous disease with a very high mortality rate if not treated promptly.