Some neurosurgeons still prefer to delay surgical treatment in their patients.[22] In their series of 400 patients with aneurysmal SAH, managed according to a delayed surgery protocol, Maurice - Williams and Wadley reported 88% good outcome at 1 year.[22] But there were also 51 patients (12.5%) who experienced rebleeding and 33 of these died. Twelve patients, out of these 33 patients could have benefited from early surgery. Excluding the two patients who rebled and died soon after admission, still leaves 2.5-3% of all admissions or 3.5-4% of those in grades I-III at the time of admission who could have been saved by resorting to early or emergency surgery.