Endovascular coiling to treat ruptured and unruptured intracranial aneurysms offers high long-term occlusion rates in elderly patients, according to a meta-analysis published in the July 2013 issue of ...

Kilpauk Medical College Hospital (KMCH) in Chennai has unveiled India’s first hybrid neurosurgical operating theatre in the ...

Patients who require rescue treatment after receiving endovascular coiling for cerebral aneurysms face higher morbidity and mortality if given thrombolytic agents rather than glycoprotein IIb/IIIa ...

A recent paper published in The Lancet has compared neurosurgical clipping with endovascular coiling in patients with ruptured intracranial aneurysm. Of the two treatments, endovascular coiling was ...

Mark J. Garcia, M.D., conducted the procedure at EndoVascular Consultants in Wilmington, Delaware. He used the Embolization coil to treat the patient's painful pelvic varices and chronic pelvic pain ...

Results of a landmark international study in this week's issue of THE LANCET provide compelling evidence for the use of a platinum coil transported through blood vessels--rather than conventional ...

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 ...

Brain aneurysm surgery is a lifesaving medical procedure that attempts to repair a bulging, weakened area in the wall of a brain artery. A brain aneurysm is a balloon-like bulge in an artery in the ...

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (May 28, 2009) – While minimally invasive coil treatments for those with a ruptured brain aneurysm have proved to be a more effective technique than traditional surgical operation ...