[Late sequelae after subarachnoid hemorrhage. A retrospective study of 104 patients 5 years after the acute occurrence].

104 patients who had survived an subarachnoidal bleeding were followed up, an additional CT scan being employed in 80 of them. Of permanent disabilities, the most important is cerebral insufficiency. Three-quarters of the patients did not achieve complete rehabilitation, the prognosis being significantly dependent upon the severity of the initial phase. 75% of the patients revealed ventricular dilations that correlated neither with the severity of the acute phase of the subarachnoidal haemorrhage, nor with the permanent functional losses. Progression of hydrocephalus communicans over the long term following subarachnoidal bleeding is unlikely; the cerebral insufficiency does not progress.