Emergency embolectomy of middle cerebral artery occlusion due to microcoil migration: case report.
We report a successful emergency embolectomy in a patient presenting a left middle cerebral artery occlusion by an embolizing microcoil that was being used to thrombose an aneurysm of the ophthalmic artery. In selected cases, emergency embolectomy can be considered as the treatment of distal embolization by the materials used in neuroendovascular procedures.
Vázquez-Barquero
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Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain.
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Austin
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Izquierdo
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D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000628:therapy; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000601:surgery*; D017128:Embolectomy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D009880:Ophthalmic Artery