A brain aneurysm coil fills the aneurysm with platinum coils to help form a blood clot, sealing it off and lowering the risk of rupture. Brain aneurysms are weak spots in blood vessel walls that can ...

For endovascular treatment of ruptured intracranial aneurysm, coiling yields a better clinical outcome than clipping, with the benefit greatest in patients with a good preoperative grade, according to ...

Memory loss after brain aneurysm surgeries, like coiling, is common. Some people experience memory loss for less than a day. For others, difficulties with memory can persist for months. Surgical ...

An article published Online First and in the May edition of The Lancet Neurology by Dr Andrew Molyneux and Richard Kerr, Neurovascular and Neuroradiology Research Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford ...

A very low risk of complication is associated with a routine test that determines whether a brain aneurysm treated with endovascular coiling has started to recur, a study has shown. A very low risk of ...

The risks associated with treating a recurrent or residual brain aneurysm that was initially treated by endovascular coiling are low, according to a multicenter study. The risks associated with ...

HONOLULU — Compared to receiving a standard platinum coil during an endovascular procedure, patients getting the second-generation hydrogel coil had a significantly lower rate of aneurysm recurrence, ...

Saccular intracranial aneurysms, abnormal focal outpouchings of cerebral arteries, cause substantial rates of morbidity and mortality. Recently, major changes have occurred in the way we think about ...

Aneurysms are bulges in an artery that can form in any part of your body. If you have an unruptured aneurysm, you may not have any symptoms at all. (Photo Credit: SciePro/Science Source) As aneurysm ...

CINCINNATI—A very low risk of complication is associated with a routine test that determines whether a brain aneurysm treated with endovascular coiling has started to recur, a study led by the ...