title: [Intravascular treatment of inoperable cerebral aneurysms using Guglielmi's spirals; initial results in The Netherlands].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Evaluation of endovascular treatment of inoperable cerebral aneurysms using electrolytically detachable platinum coils (Gugliemi Detachable Coils, GDC).
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective.
  
  
  METHODS
  St. Elizabeth Hospital Tilburg, the Netherlands.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifteen aneurysms in 13 patients were treated using GDC; 14 of these aneurysms were inoperable and in three aneurysms surgical clipping had failed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twelve of the 15 treated aneurysms were completely occluded. In another two, occlusion was 90% and in one, 70%. One patient with an inoperable basilar bifurcation aneurysm died of progressive thrombosis of both posterior cerebral arteries. One patient with an inoperable aneurysm of the anterior communicating artery developed an infarction of the A. centralis longa (recurrent artery of Heubner).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  GDC treatment of inoperable cerebral aneurysms is currently the only available option with a reasonable chance of success and acceptable risks.
authors.affiliation: St. Elisabeth Ziekenhuis, werkgroep Neurovasculaire Interventie, Tilburg.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: van Rooij
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sluzewski
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wijnalda
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Verhagen
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Schellens
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: op de Coul
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies