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On the day of your bypass or valve surgery, a patient educator or a nurse may talk with you and your loved ones. You may be told what to expect.

Learn how to care for yourself at home after you have minimally invasive heart surgery. Contact your health care provider if you have questions.

These tests can help diagnose a brain aneurysm.

The Hunt-Hess scale helps the doctor assess a patient's condition.

Your hospital stay depends on the amount of damage caused by the aneurysm, your health, and your response to treatment and therapy. Your health care team will monitor how well treatment has worked and will decide whether you need rehabilitation.

An aneurysm may have affected your loved one’s body functions, skills, and emotions. They may move on to a skilled nursing facility, a rehabilitation center, or go home and return for therapy as an outpatient.

Sometimes an injury damages the part of the brain that controls balance, sight, or hearing. Or memory loss may keep a person from remembering certain sights, sounds, smells, or tastes. Some people have trouble handling abstract ideas, like time, or they may simply lose track of what they are doing.

Learn about the problems that may need a craniotomy.

As your surgery nears, you may wonder about your future health care needs. You may also have questions about how to prepare for your craniotomy. This information can help.