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The quality of life and functional outcome may be significantly impaired in patients of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. The purpose of the present study was to assess the status of patients undergoing surgical clipping of intracranial aneurysms in a long-term follow-up and to identify factors affecting outcome. ⋯ Most patients who survived and were discharged continued to improve in the postoperative period even though the immediate postoperative outcome was not favorable in many. However, a substantial subset had impaired cognitive function.